I really enjoy the annual practice of picking a Word for the Year and thinking about how I can use the word as a starting point to improve my life and the way I do things or to bring focus to something that matters to me at that time. (image courtesy of Harlequin Sister’s creative photography […]
The latest edition of Aaila, the Muslim Family Magazine is out now. Mash’Allah as always brothers and sisters have submitted some brilliant articles and columns; Our cover story is Sex and Relationships education (SRE): Do you know what your child is being taught in school? by Safura Houghton – something that is definitely an issue […]
A lot of the last year and a bit since my youngest daughter came along has been about finding my feet, learning to be a bit more realistic about what I can do and taking a step back from trying to do everything. I think I probably moaned a lot on this blog, or at […]
What things in your day-to-day life are you thankful for? Fasting for Ramadan Reading the Quran My faith for guiding me Talking to my mum on the phone or dropping by to see her face from her front yard My dad, for coming to see us from out front garden once a week My children […]
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This article about mothers caught my attention recently. It is about parents who feel that they and their children who can behave in any way they want because they have priority over anyone else: “The inconvenience of others, it appears, is now a small price to pay for empowering one’s toddler.” The article upset me […]
I’ve been thinking about what do with these small black rondelle (donut-shaped) glass crystal beads ever since I got them. In the end, I decided to keep things fairly simple. I got Little Man to help:Me: “Can you count 15?”LM: “erm….I’m not sure…”Me: “Okay, count 10, then 5 more, then add one of the silver […]
I originally got this recipe from one of Little Lady’s old books called Cookbook for Girls by Denise Smart. Darling loves to look through it and tell me which cakes she would like me to make for her. It had gotten a little battered and I was wondering if I should give it away, but thumbing […]
This is the special food my mum made for me this week this week to keep me strong in these challenging last weeks of pregnancy, through labour and during the recovery period afterwards. It includes almonds, pistachio nuts, cashew nuts, raw sugar, ground ginger powder and various other ingredients. I posted a recipe for this […]
Depending on which mosque you follow the night of Lailut-ul Bara’ah is either Thursday or Friday night, so we are halfway through Shaban and approaching Ramadan.When we were little my parents used to get us to sit up and pray for as long as we could and mum and some of her neighbours always used […]
The biggest searches I seem to have had for this week leading to this blog have been for Eid gifts and gift ideas. So I have compiled a list of places that I go to for gifts or which I think would make gifts or are on my wish list. I have listed companies and […]
One good thing came out of feeling quite unwell recently; I picked up a book to distract me. I needed something easy to follow and not too pretentious or deep. I picked this up because of the review excerpt used on the front that said it would remind the reader why they loved sci-fi in […]
Our Ramadan Giving series highlights the amazing work charities are doing and showcases their special Ramadan campaigns, giving us all the opportunity to support, donate and do a little good insh’Allah Ramadan Giving Day 22: Nakba Day Today is Nakba Day, or “The Catastrophe” in Arabic, the day that marks the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians […]
It had been a while since we had been booting and since mum-in-law was here to mind the kids and brother-in-law is also here and also enjoys bargain-hunting we thought we would visit Dunton.We headed out after fajr (dawn) prayer and it being so early managed to bag some finds. We got back for 9.00am […]
