Day 11: Cars!
Guest blogger: ZaydI am grateful for cars, because without them what could we do. Barely anything. We couldn’t go to work, we couldn’t go far distances
Day 10: Every five seconds…
Sixteen hours without food certainly makes you think. But I still can’t imagine what it must feel like for people to go without food day after day after day
Day 9: BFF
On Saturday morning at 3:45am my friend Rebecca pulled up in her red Coexist-bumpered Camry. She wanted to try a day of fasting and was coming for suhoor
Day 8: Over the Rainbow
On Fridays during Ramadan, we break fast with a group of wonderful families, each bringing a dish to share, resulting in a profusion of kebabs, curries and khajoors
Day 7: Making Every Drop Count
My typical morning routine usually starts with a glass of water. These days I reach for it automatically, only to catch myself. A friend posted on Facebook how
Day 6: Heaven Lies Beneath Their Feet
I am grateful for the mothers in my life – my mom, and my mother-in-law, and my khalas, who love me like a daughter, and all the other mothers in my family, young and old,
Day 5: Luna LOVE-good
Guest blogger: ZaydI am grateful for Luna, our mini golden doodle, because she is the cutest most playful animal on the planet. I love everything about her
Day 4: We are FAMILY
Guest blogger: SaanyaFamily: it may be a cliché thing to be grateful for, but it’s also a pretty simple thing to take for granted. I have an amazing immediate family
Day 3: Mighty Woman with a Torch
We traveled to NY/NJ this weekend to show Saanya’s visiting host-sister from Spain a glimpse of the Big Apple and to try to convince my parents to drive back to DC with us for Ramadan.
Day 2: Be well, be strong, be healthy
My doctor called me this week and said, “I’ve got good news, and bad news.” Not exactly the words you want to hear from a doctor. “It’s not malignant,” she continued.
Day 1: But for the Grace of God
On the first day of this blessed month, we all woke up to a tragedy beyond belief. Twelve people dead and dozens wounded in an act of terror that has terrorized our conscience and our country.