Wait a minute. Has time just sped up or did I miss a train or something because it cannot have been six months since my son was born. You mean, I have watched him sleep every single day for six months? You mean, I’ve kissed his squishy little cheeks a hundred times a day, for six months? You mean, I’ve fed him, and clothed him and hugged the living day lights out of him for six months? I have managed to care for a child for a WHOLE SIX MONTHS! MashAllah, the gift of nurture that Allah gives to a…
View PostIn the last 24 weeks, I have watched my whole world flip on its axis. Dramatic statement? Yes. Exaggeration? No. Let me explain. I am by nature an over-sharing individual. I am all about talking about how events in life effect me in big ways and in little ways, but when I came to know that the hubz and I were expecting our first child I literally was thrown into the whirlwind that is pregnancy. The hubz and I had just started to talk about potentially adding a baby to our little yet crazy world. I mean we had JUST…
View PostIt’s occurred to me that over the last year so much has happened that I don’t want to remember. The last year has been a roller coaster of peaks and valleys. Most of which has been an internal struggle for me, as I always pictured myself as someone who was fairly put together, however as the days unraveled in the year 2014, it became painfully obvious that I was on a search to find myself, again. Having a few years of marriage under my belt I found myself searching for the individual that I thought I was. Somewhere along the…
View PostI’ve come to realize a few fundamental truths about life… Most if not all of these topics are always talked about and are fairly common knowledge. It is however a completely different thing to come to terms with these truths. I guess I have finally come to terms with them… So I thought I would share. Here are three. The first of the many truths that I have come to accept is that your dreams don’t always come true. Now I don’t sit here with the glass half empty. Your dreams not coming true is not really the end of…
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