I used to be a very light sleeper, until I had my children. I don’t know if it is the busy-ness of my days or sod’s law (that the less the kids let you sleep, the more you want to), but now I can sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow and through […]
What do you do if you have two hours to yourself after work whilst the kids are at madrassah? Cook, clean, blog, go running… Hubby offered to take me for dinner and I immediately dropped all of my plans. We battled rush hour to go to one of or favourite old haunts (A1 kebabish) that […]
Every time I want to write something, one of the babies is crying, or I have guests, or it’s time for dinner, or the bedtime routine, or someone needs help with their homework, or I just have to pop to the shops, or it’s time to nurse Baby again. When I have had a moment, […]
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 […]
What do you do if you have two hours to yourself after work whilst the kids are at madrassah? Cook, clean, blog, go running… Hubby offered to take me for dinner and I immediately dropped all of my plans. We battled rush hour to go to one of or favourite old haunts (A1 kebabish) that […]
I enjoy reading my youngest sisters two blogs – Curly Fries for the eye candy and colour and Harlequin Teaset for the art, humour and quirkiness. Her most recent post: Keeping Our Hijab was a lot deeper and darker, exploring what it is like to wear hijab in todays world and the perceived change in people’s […]
Haven’t done of theseTTMMS posts in ages and am in a super good mood as I have Friday off of work. Old trunks, the more battered the better: (image source) Lemons, especially watching the kids lick them and wince. We all lovee liking lemons, except for my husband who can’t stand them. (image source) […]
I like the idea of choosing a word for the year but because it helps to focus on one theme or area of my life that I can work on. My word for 2015 was shukr, or gratefulness. My intention was to become more grateful for every big and small blessing in my life, but more […]
Haven’t done of theseTTMMS posts in ages and am in a super good mood as I have Friday off of work. Old trunks, the more battered the better: (image source) Lemons, especially watching the kids lick them and wince. We all lovee liking lemons, except for my husband who can’t stand them. (image source) […]
Haven’t done of theseTTMMS posts in ages and am in a super good mood as I have Friday off of work. Old trunks, the more battered the better: (image source) Lemons, especially watching the kids lick them and wince. We all lovee liking lemons, except for my husband who can’t stand them. (image source) […]
A good friend once told me she experienced guilt because after trying to have conceive for many years, when she finally had children, she found she didn’t like it much sometimes. It’s not something anyone wants to admit. Sometimes people don’t like being parents. I find I love being a mum, but occasionally find myself […]
One of the toughest aspects of modern life for Muslimah’s right now is marriage – or lack thereof. I know so many sisters who are looking to marry and are struggling for so many reasons. We seem to be a generation caught between the old way of doing things where our parents found someone vaguely […]
Thursday evenings is usually the time I clean the bathroom, clear the fridge, empty the nappy bin and put all the bins out. On the way home from picking my daughter up from Arabic class yesterday, I met my neighbour and her two girls heading out. She told me that a new Indian sweet shop […]
Mum-in-law came to stay with us for her annual five month summer stay. She spends sunny winters in Lahore and mild summers in London with us. She gets to enjoy the milder seasons, spend Ramadan here and avoid fasting in the intense heat of Pakistan. She also has her busy social circle of family, neighbours, […]
