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Nooriya and I had a night out just the two of us. Still reliable to make her happy is to be with her and give her pancakes and ice cream....

Today, like many Saturdays I drove the kids to madrasa. Today was a bit different.  Yusuf usually doesn't ask me for help with his ma...

These last couple weeks I got to spend a lot of time with my brothers and my nieces who are at different tween and teen ages. They both hav...

Often Nooriya and I have this back and forth, Me:  “I love you” N: “I love you” Me: “love you more” N: “I love you more ” I usually ...

It’s been about 8 days since I hit my head and needed stitches. Going to a hospital in India was not great. The emergency room was about 20...

Plans for tonight and probably the rest of the trip changed tonight. I was distracted by a runny nose and going to the sink to take care of...

I was up early as I love and is my habit on vacation and the weekends. I got to watch the sunrise which happens everyday. I did my morning ...

It’s our last night here in Mumbai. The pace of the evening is nice and slow. It’s very relaxing. We’ve packed and there’s nothing to do ot...

We’ve finished our ziyarat trip. It was a whirlwind with lots of beautiful sunrises and time in the car. I’m sick of this car now!  We capp...

I recently heard a story about how a small change to a default in medicine had a huge impact. The basic idea behind the change was to have ...

We went to Galyakot for ziyarat. The ziyarat was great. There were lots of people who weren’t mumineen from the surrounding area coming to ...

I’m reminded of a story I heard a long time back. It was about a well-to-do traveler setting out for the day in India. He left for the day ...

This post is trip adjacent I guess. I watched the movie “Yesterday” on the plane ride over. I love the Beatles and that song. I’ve had the ...

I’ve been so lucky to get to spend so much time with dad. There’s two moments I especially want to remember. There’s tons of shopping to ...

I’m sitting in the masjid in Surat. The peacefulness of this place is deafening. There’s so much here. So much history and in an obvious wa...

Today started out wonderful. I was a little jet lagged and got up super early. So was the family. We all got up together and spent some tim...

I’m finished with the first day of my trip. It was a loooong day. The last time I got some sleep in a bed was 56 hours ago. It’s more than ...

Last night my parents and brother and family came over for pehli raat dinner.  It's a tradition that we all get together and spend time...