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Monthly Archives: January 2010 My husband’s work badge was missing. It was a weekend, so we weren’t too worried. It would turn up somewhere. I was cleaning and searching at the same time. While making my daughter’s bed, I noticed an unopened can of condensed milk wedged next to the wall. I grinned, my daughter loves to lick the... It’s the little things that people do, that have others praying for them, without them even realizing, and may be the reason they enter Paradise. While we were sitting in the Haram in Makkah, on the third floor, I noticed people fidgeting in front of me, and then slowly I noticed the crowds flicking a...  I love trees. I love to gaze at them, sit under them, draw them, study them, paint them, climb them and sometimes feel a peaceful solidarity with them. Growing up, I had a silver birch tree in our yard. In so many ways that tree was my first best friend. I had a blue and... A Father’s Reflection I opened my palms in prayer at the end of the Friday khutbah. Along with a couple thousand other Jum’a-goers, I dutifully replied ameen after the Imam’s heartfelt and well spoken supplications. Like everyone else, I certainly aim for God’s generous reply to my prayers. God All-Knowing and full of Love for...  A convoy from Islamic Relief left for Haiti two days ago. This is the first post from one member of this convoy, on their second day in the region. Day Two – January 17, 2010 Santa Domingo, Dominion Republic We have hooked up with a British aid group called Muslim Hands and a Muslim group... |
