This weekend my mum-in-law is flying back to Pakistan after staying with us for the last five months. She is here for about six months every year and her coming and going usually means lots of change in our home and family routine. I have written before (in The Art of Living With Your In-Laws) […]
I attended Sheikh Alaa Elsayed’s seminar on marriage at the Twins of Faith conference and it gave me lots of food for thought. The seminar was engaging and very funny and I came away with some clear information. The seminar listed things that men and women should look for in a spouse and what things […]
Alhamdulillah, this Eid really was about the kids. We had two lots around whose parents were on hajj.The girls wore maxi dresses and rainbow bangles which we took them out to pick the night before. The boys wore white thobes over jeans (it was freezing yesterday – literally, I woke up to find the bins […]
There are a couple of all special Ramadan drinks we try during this month: mango lassi, falooda, various sweet milkshakes, the one that is our favourite is my mum-in-law’s limeade. We down glasses of the stuff as soon as we open our fast. She calls this lime drink shekanjavi, which is a Punjabi-fication of shekanjabin […]
I originally posted this article last year, I am re-posting with some updates and some additions. I hope it proves useful insh’Allah. With less than three weeks to go to Ramadan, I am trying to take my own advice and prepare for the sacred month as well as I can. The main things I have been doing […]
There are a couple of all special Ramadan drinks we try during this month: mango lassi, falooda, various sweet milkshakes, the one that is our favourite is my mum-in-law’s limeade. We down glasses of the stuff as soon as we open our fast. She calls this lime drink shekanjavi, which is a Punjabi-fication of shekanjabin […]
There are a couple of all special Ramadan drinks we try during this month: mango lassi, falooda, various sweet milkshakes, the one that is our favourite is my mum-in-law’s limeade. We down glasses of the stuff as soon as we open our fast. She calls this lime drink shekanjavi, which is a Punjabi-fication of shekanjabin […]
My maternity leave started officially yesterday, although I have been on leave for the last two weeks. I have been trying to keep myself occupied so that I don’t go crazy. Thankfully nesting has hit like crazy and I have been dragging out furniture and cleaning corners that I previously pretended didn’t exist and rearranging every cupboard […]
You know those days, when things start going wrong and then they just keep going wrong? The kind of day better spent in bed until it’s over? That’s the kind of day I had yesterday. I was woken at am by a blazing toothache – both the tooth and sinus pain combined at a time […]
With my in-laws back living with me alhamdulillah, it took me to thinking about living harmoniously and issues of control, privacy and co-operation.I enjoy my in-laws extended visits, especially the long meals, the long walks and the long talks, with laughter late into the early hours of the morning at time. This means that at […]
Just an update on my Quran lessons (struggles) with Little Lady. After a very difficult start, a few weeks when I wanted to give up (shaytan reeeeeally pushing it) and about two weeks when the thought of coming home from work and doing an hour with her were really getting to me – we’ve had […]
Sped through a busy Saturday morning after the kids decided lie-ins were for losers. To get them back – and because they were never going to stop squabbling otherwise, I got them shelling peas. Both of my boys harrass me to let them have a go with the mortar and pestle, baby got there first […]
I had some nice news today. I recently asked my new employers about a prayer space or room and my manager said she would for arrange me a temporary space and ask the planners for the new building we are moving to about a more permanent area to pray in. She told me today that […]
I while back I wrote about why I withdrew my daughter from sex education at her primary school (Discussing the Birds and the Bees – Part 1: Setting Limits). This was one of the most visited posts I have ever written and brought home to me very clearly that I am not the only parent […]
