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This scene is amazing. It’s about building a bridge. I have a thing for bridges. I think this scene is a metaphor though. The bridge thing i...

Lyrics have inspired so many of my thoughts and blogs. The authors take my mind to new places. It’s like reading is for so many, it takes m...

It seems the clock influences our thinking.  It counts in minutes and hours.  The clock conditions us to think small I think because of this...

Today, I got to spend some time with Zahra’s dadima. It’s a treat. I see her a couple times a year. For the past couple years she hasn’t kno...

I'm like everyone else. Patient sometimes and with some people and less so sometimes and with others.  I try to be more patient all the ...

Being kind changes the world. Everyday has this potential. It doesn’t have to be a big thing either. It’s easy to say stuff like, “if I had ...

Another post inspired by song lyrics.  The lyrics are better than I can write.   "And what about those shoes you're in today? T...

Last night Zahra and I did some adulting.  On the surface, it was a rather boring errand.  We needed to buy a new washing machine.  No doing...

Smiling is on my mind again.  I wrote about it before .  Yusuf and Nooriya have got me saying, "it's not that deep".  They mig...

I’m thinking about parents and all the things they’re leaving behind. I have some of the most generous parents.  My dad went above and beyon...

Zahra and I had the chance to go be counselors at the taaruf this weekend.  It was wonderful.  The moalim there was the EMCEE for one of the...

I was watching a part of a movie with Yusuf.  It was about a coach and his team of underdogs.  It was very cliche and predictable.  There wa...

Today I had the chance to take Yusuf to his first game. It was wonderful and also the game was great. The Bears won👍 I think it may be the ...

It is early November and it was time for me to clean out the garden and get it ready for the spring. I pulled out the growth and mowed it up...

There's a good story about service mindset that I want to reread.  The story came up in a work context, but it applies much more broadly...

This post is for Yusuf and Nooriya when they one day become parents inshallah and for me.  This is a reminder that kids and babies won't...

A while back I started taking cold showers sometimes.  It was very uncomfortable.  I wasn't trying to punish myself or anything.  I thou...

Istafada is over. I’m on the way home and thinking about the past week. It’s not been that long, but I’m ready to go home and do more to lea...

Thamakun si . There’s a lot of meaning to these words that I’m realizing.   Speed makes such a difference. Such a difference here in Surat, ...

Something I learned a long time ago is at the forefront of my mind. “Hasto chero mohabat nu jaal che” or a smiling face is love’s web.  This...