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 Yesterday Yusuf had a milestone.  One of those where he probably didn't give it a second thought and thinks what's the big deal and...

 This is one of my favorite pictures. I like it so much that I have it my closet. I see it every day.  I took this picture over 20 years ago...

 Red is on top for a reason.  Taher, stop first. Then act/speak.

It’s easy for me to fall in the trap of thinking “you get what you deserve”.  I don’t think that’s true mostly. It follows logically that “i...

I’ve recently had the opportunity to do some volunteer stuff. It was most important to me to make the kids a part of it. I wanted to do this...

It’s Ramadan again and I want to write something down. Each year I like to focus on something. Each year one of the things I like to do is j...

 Last night it was my good fortune to help someone out. It was raining and dark and this woman’s car was blocked. It was my friend’s mom. I ...

I have this wonderful memory of sitting in Moula Ali’s roza for the first time this past year. The memory evokes what I was feeling. This ra...

I heard a story that was inspiring. I’ve heard the story many times before and thought I got it, but I heard it again and a different commen...

I was expecting our trip to be Karbala and Najaf to be spiritual and rejuvenating. No surprise it it is.  What I wasn’t expecting is that th...

Nooriya had her 6th grade social this past weekend.  It was at a gym/ninja warrior place.  Fun and physically demanding.  The physically dem...

 I am reading a book and the title of the section is “Data Schmata”. The point is that data isn’t necessarily a good thing. It reminds that ...

 A few weeks into the school year we got a nice email from Yusuf's math teacher.  It wasn't overly effusive, but it was very nice.  ...

Today I had the opportunity to help some folks with some Medicare stuff. I was very excited. I don’t often have the chance to help people us...

 I didn’t write this, but want to be sure to come back and read this.  — ‘I sought ‘praise’ and found it in generosity’. Amirul Mumineen’s A...

Taher, you’re in your 40s. You are old and wise now😅. Sometimes just do it or sometimes refrain from doing it😅. Not like when you were you...

 Yay! I get the day after my birthday off every year and am usually on vacation. It’s wonderful. I’ve gotten to another milestone birthday, ...

We get to visit someone after 12 years. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen her.  I’m very excited to be able to meet her parents again. ...

 Road trip! We were all in the car today and a song came on I hadn’t heard in a while. The las time I heard it was when Nooriya and I had a ...

I’ve thought a lot about plans and control over the years.   Luck, serendipity, fate, kismet, and a lot of other names that do a good job de...