Day 1: A Closet Full of Memories, to Share

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone.  Hope the first day was happy and peaceful.  At our home, it was a bit more hectic than I would have liked. We just completed a huge renovation project and I was hoping that everything would be in its place by August 1st, but we still had a few things to put up and sort through, so we tried to finish that today. In the process of organizing, my mom-in-law and I went through my closet full of shalwar kameezes to see which ones we could share with others.  The Montgomery County Muslim Foundation is organizing a bazaar of gently used traditional clothes for those who may need them for the Eid holidays -- what a great idea.   We collected at least twenty beautiful outfits, which I'll dry clean tomorrow. Each one brought back wonderful memories -- like the red and gold long tunic I wore at my engagement over 24 years ago, or the forest green one I was wearing the day my entire family surprised me with a baby shower during my brother's wedding.  We went through Saanya's closet too, but I must admit it was harder to part with some of her outfits.  I can picture her so clearly in each one:  the gharara with little bells that she danced in so adorably at her mammoo's wedding, or the gold and green one she wore for her Bismillah when she was five.  So many of these outfits she wore only once or twice before she outgrew them.  In my case, I've been holding on to certain outfits from my trousseau, so long ago.   It's time to share them -- and to know that more pictures will be taken in them, more memories created, more good times enjoyed.  InshAllah.    Day 1: Deed 1: Sharing a closet full of memories.