I had a stressful morning getting the kids ready for school which culminated in me yelling and the kids running for the door bags and coats in hand (they have the sense to know when they have pushed me too far at least). The last few days I have been trying them to get their […]

Our family is one of those that is often split doing Eid over two days.  The last few years we haven’t had the problem, but this year we ended up doing Eid one day and my parents and some of my family did it the next day.  I am past getting upset, disappointed, judging or […]

My husband had a small delivery in Ipswich and asked if I wanted to come along. I am never one to say no to either going out or spending time with just the two of us, so I agreed. He dropped off his delivery and we parked up and sauntered around the mostly deserted town […]

Alhamdulillah at the end of last month I have been married for 10 years. When I try to imagine a woman who has been married for 10 years, I think of someone matronly and responsible, someone serious and sensible. But in reality, although my responsibilities have grown, I don’t feel very different to that girl […]

I have been meaning to clear out my craft stuff and had a free morning so enlisted the kids to give me a hand. (“don’t touch”, “yes, you can have star stickers”, “why are you sticking them on the baby?”, “ok, here draw me a picture on this card”, “noooo that’s super-glue!!!”)I was surprised at […]

The latest edition of Mum and Muslim magazine is now out including my column, feature on travelling with children, book review, recipe and entry for the creative corner. As always I have enjoyed reading what other sisters have contributed. Please do visit and comment.The editor, Sister Umm Imran has a message for readers: Assalamu alaikum!Inshallah […]

I posted yesterday about my best friends sister’s henna party.  The day after the henna, we were invited to the wedding.  My family, my mum and brothers family went along with Shutterbug Sister accompanying as a photographer on the request of the brides family (all of the pictures below are courtesy of her). Mash’Allah the […]

I am currently thinking about trying to retain some of the benefits of Ramadan both spiritually and in my routine. However a peripheral benefit has been the impact of this sacred month on my diet and eating patterns. The days were long during this Ramadan and with so many hours of not eating and certainly […]

Its not every day you see a full size Mini Cooper on a wall high above your head. Obviously whoever is driving this has the same approah as my hubby who likes to scare the heck out of me with his driving every now and again (I’m sure he does it on purpose).

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During February I updated on my word of the year: Health, one month into the year. I gave a rundown on how I was doing, what I was changing and what I thought I still needed to do. A few sisters expressed an interest in following along with my journey to get healthier and I […]

We came across this free exhibition in the town hall whilst out for a stroll this morning and I was intrigued. Brothers outside were welcoming non-Muslims from the busy shopping centre with promises of free food and a gift bag. We decided to go and have a look and it turned out to be an […]

Part 1 – SabrielPart 2 – LiraelThis book follows on almost seamlessly from Lirael as the two main characters Sameth and Lirael find themselves on the run from hordes of resurrected dead and powerful necromancers. Sameth has received news that his parents, the King and the Abhorsen are dead. Lirael is still looking for the […]

As usual “on my mind” is everything: I haven’t done any Eid preparation How am I going to keep up with my Quran reading? I haven’t read much of the tafaseer on my bedside table yet The office messed up my pay, again – how long will this to take to sort out and what […]