Uncategorized This little piggy 15 Apr 201916 Apr 2019 #soniabookreview The book that I’m reviewing today is This Little Piggy. This is probably from early readers to 30 months old. Very creatively done. Loads of textural information. It has…
humanity… Forgiveness isn’t for the other person. It’s to purify us. 15 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 For many years I thought I forgave others because I was a good person and wanted them to be at peace with themselves and be comfortable in our relationship. I…
Ramadan series Stop! Were you just about to lose it? 14 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 A huge thing that Ramadan brings with it is patience . And as easily and effortlessly as it comes for the first Ashra, just as easily it leaves for the…
Uncategorized Gratitude is an everyday thing 14 Apr 2019 Learning to be grateful. Gratitude is a practice for everyday. We can’t adopt it one day and quit the next. Everyday we practice gratitude and everyday we try to find…
humanity… “Kindness to my spouse? But why? Isn’t love enough?” 14 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 No. How can love alone be enough? For one thing, love without kindness isn't complete. Love invokes kindness and vice versa. I know you are probably waiting to hear about…
feminism… Helping my wife in Suhoor and Iftar preparation 11 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 "No way! That's not an expectation. Moreover, she does it so well. I don't know how she does it but she's always so on top of the Iftar and Sahoor…
feminism… “Am I turning into my mother?” 10 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 My mother is a most lovely woman. And straightforward. And honest. And gentle at the same time. And protective. And not subtle when someone hasn't been kind. And she herself…
humanity… My kids are watching me be……. me. 8 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 Seriously this thought scares me. Because really we don't test our readiness for most of life's big decisions. We kinda wing most things. We think for weeks and weeks before…
feminism… Stop doing that to girls! You’re being offensive. 8 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 We have made some women very distressed with our “rishta-looking” practices. While it doesn’t particularly affect us until it’s our sister or daughter, women are facing much emotional torture because…
Ramadan series How Christmas Eve reminds me of Chaand Raat. 7 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 While writing this I had many pauses. Pauses where I thought about colorful bangles around mine and my sisters' wrists. Pauses where I remembered my mom's urgency in getting the…
My mind as a woman 