“It’s good you are raising your children rough” – mum’s friend. What? Does he mean like wolves? (I think she was referring to the fact that we sit on the floor to eat in the sunnah way)“Ohhh, you’re boy looks like a Somali” – mum’s friend again, said with distaste. What can I even say, […]
About half of the calendar year has passed already and it occurred to me how many plans and good intentions I had at the beginning of the year, mid-year my position is very different as I am now six and a half months pregnant and trying to stumble through the day rather than achieve my […]
Earlier this week hubby picked me up from work and instead of heading home, took a long route into the city. I asked him where he was going and he said “Dil Aziz”. I wondered if this was one of his friends, or he had to drop a delivery off or if he was just […]
“It’s good you are raising your children rough” – mum’s friend. What? Does he mean like wolves? (I think she was referring to the fact that we sit on the floor to eat in the sunnah way)“Ohhh, you’re boy looks like a Somali” – mum’s friend again, said with distaste. What can I even say, […]
I did a double-take when I saw this, but it really did make me smile, mostly because I just love talking about being a mum and about my kids even if it bores the heck out of everyone. Here are the rules of this tag:1. Admit one thing you feel awful about (involving being a […]
Thanks to the dua’s of kind sisters my nausea has subsided and I am starting to feel better. I went for my five months scan yesterday and was told everything looked okay alhamdulillah. After so many years and five previous pregnancies, I thought I would be a bit more clinical about these things, but as […]
Despite being determined to be kinder to myself during this pregnancy, I am absolutely shattered today. I am finding that it is one thing to know what is best for yourself, quite another to put it into practice. After a wonderful but full-on wedding and a day of bulk cooking, cleaning and visiting I found […]
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 […]
I recently worked on a project where I had to do some research around litter and initiatives around the country to tackle the amount of litter people throw in the streets. It was an interesting project and I learned a lot, but one thing stood out – people throw litter in the streets but not […]
As always, I had plenty of plans for tonight: cooking, some Quran with Little Lady, some reading, some playing with the kids and some time to sort my bedroom out – well my scarves at least (every time Kooky Little Sis gets near them, I can’t find anything). I got home from work and had […]
I’m very lucky in that I work with a group of generally very nice people. It’s still always nice though when a Muslim sister joins the workplace, which was what happened this week. A fellow hijabi, she seems very competent and confident and also a chatter-box like me, so it wasn’t long before we got […]
I have quite a tight budget when it comes to clothes buying (London is muchos muchos expensive to live in), but I try to make sure my children are always dressed well. Little Lady in girly jeans and pretty tops or if she gets changed before I get home, in party dresses. The boys in […]
“It’s good you are raising your children rough” – mum’s friend. What? Does he mean like wolves? (I think she was referring to the fact that we sit on the floor to eat in the sunnah way)“Ohhh, you’re boy looks like a Somali” – mum’s friend again, said with distaste. What can I even say, […]
“It’s good you are raising your children rough” – mum’s friend. What? Does he mean like wolves? (I think she was referring to the fact that we sit on the floor to eat in the sunnah way)“Ohhh, you’re boy looks like a Somali” – mum’s friend again, said with distaste. What can I even say, […]
