It was Friday night and my ten year-old son invited one of his best friends over for his first sleepover. Naturally, the boys were excited and I let them stay up late. I, on the other hand, was ready to sleep at 8:30. I was very tired from a long week of not getting enough...
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Monthly Archives: September 2009I once attended a gathering where a gentle sheik was speaking. A women raised her hand and asked, ”In North America there are not many Muslims, should we move back to our home country to raise our children?” The Sheik paused for a moment and replied in a soft, kind voice, “You are not alone... Wishing you a blessed Eid… May Allah accept your prayers, fasting, charity and good deeds in the blessed month of Ramadan, and give us more opportunity to praise him. Your sisters at GrowMama We live in a consumer driven world. That means commercials on TV, on the internet, in school curriculums, through made up holidays, and especially through real ones that have lost their true meaning. Christmas now has just as much to do with Jesus as Labor Day does. Even Santa has lost his standing and has...  We decorated our apartment door with homemade lanterns, pipe cleaners and beads. For the flower, we used some cardboard, paint, glitter, and glitter glue. To make our decoration more meaningful, I added some facts about Ramadan on each petal so every time someone passes by my door they can read them and know what Ramadan... |