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 School has been interesting  this year to say the least.  So far I'm really impressed with how well the kids and teachers have adapted....

 I have been to the qabrastan many times and the circumstances for going there always sucked.  I reflected on the qabrastan many years ago. ...

I have been going back and forth on how much control I have over plans.  I’m not so sure. The details don’t go to plan all the time for sur...

These last couple months have upended a lot of things for lots of people. Things are definitely very different now. We’ve developed some go...

Hope is like the  sun . If you only believe it when you see it you'll never make it through the night.

I've gotten to spend a lot of time with Zahra, Yusuf, and Nooriya.  I've reminded myself that I really like my roommates. I have ...

This year for Eid I was able to give Zarha something super special.  It wasn't an object or material.  I learned a song for her.  It to...

Every Ramadaan I focus on something and I usually write a blog about it.  This year Ramadaan has been weird.  Life is weird and different. ...

I’m rereading my post from 2012 . I probably still have no idea and as I predicted 8 years ago I’m rolling my eyes. I did know I would love...

I heard this Beatles’ song as I was working out this morning. The lyrics were very sad at first... “ Every day she takes a morning bath...

Our TV has a screensaver and I saw a picture of myself from years ago.  I remember how happy and full of shukur I was.  I also remember rea...

I was reminded of my brother’s ziyafat years ago. I remember him giving two teenage girls a pass to do qadambosi. It was the first chance t...

The title of this post probably isn't apt or good.  I don't really even know what I want to write about.   I do know I want to w...

A couple days ago I got to watch Nooriya in the talent show. She was awesome of course. I’m a proud papa for sure. The night was memorabl...

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...