Little Man was nominated this week by his teacher to help at his school bake sale. The day before the bake school he called me on the way home from school in a bit of a panic. He had to do his homework and go to the masjid for his Quran class, when could he […]
Just over two weeks to go to Ramadan!!! I usually love this time of the year and try to make the most of it, but this year for some reason I was feeling a little fearful. Next week my four-year old (little lady) starts school, last week my two year old (little man) started with […]
Assalam-alaikam everyone and Ramadan Kareem, I hope this Ramadan is full of blessings, forgiveness and mercy. I hope that my sisters and brothers find ways to make the most of the blessed month regardless of the situation they find themselves in insh’Allah. I always find that this is a time that Allah (SWT) makes it […]
Darling and my neighbour’s daughter N are soul sisters – very, very girly. They share a love of henna, nail varnish and pink. Every now and again N will do Darling’s henna. Darling is happy to sit patiently while it is applied and then sit still while it dries and the colour stains the skin. I […]
One thing I do every year for Ramadan, is to try and get into the habit of a good deed or action, or act of worship that I can start during the holy month and then sustain during the rest of the year (and insh’Allah for the rest of my life). In the past this […]
Sister Alisha at Thoughts Unchecked and Sister Hijabee in DC have honoured me by both kindly awarding me this lovely award and meme in one. It looks like fun, so I will join in: Rules of the Award: List five current obsessions. Pass the award on to five more fabulous blogs. On your post of […]
My neighbour did some henna for my daughter and my other neighbours two girls. Mash’Allah I think she is really good at applying henna.
I usually spend my lunchtimes at work reading or chatting with colleagues, but after days of grey clouds and rain, today was so bright and sunny I was tempted outside. I walked far enough to end up near some docks in East London. I loved how the water sparkled with sunlight and has to take […]
Posted by Happy Muslim Mama at 07:58 Labels: Celebration, Eid, Henna
I have not been writing or on social media much in recent days. I have been in a reflective mood. Thinking about life, my children, writing and why I have not been inclined to do or write much recently. Most of all about my relationship with those around me, but especially myself. I was anxious […]
I finally got round to sorting out social media for this website. I’ve had a few sisters taking the time to e-mail me, which prompted me to set up a Facebook page and add social media buttons to my sidebar so that I am easy to locate around the web. My Facebook page is here. […]
For the last two years I have enjoyed journalling my Ramadan using Neelu Ahmed’s (of Neelu’s Journey) writing prompts. You can see her Ramadan Journal prompts for 2012, 2013 and this year here. Sometimes, the best thing to do for Ramadan is to simplify life and take a step back from distractions to spend the […]
I had a lot to do today, so had an early start to the day today. I love staying up after fajr (dawn) prayers, I find it is such a blessed time and when I do, I get so much done and my day is off to a head start. At the moment the dawn […]
I knew I had a very hectic week coming up, so thought I would take it easy this week – of course, as always, things went exactly to plan. For some strange week, after skiving for almost a month (benefit of not having anyone staying at the moment) and not doing any housework, the house […]
