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Hey, How are you!? Life here has been crazy busy these last few months. I...

On the same day that the SCOTUS upheld the Muslim Ban, my daughter showed me...

I joined the muslim community in Toledo when Khaled and I married 20 years ago....

This is another one of those posts I started this year and then set aside....

I'm a TV junkie. I don't watch T.V., I record it, then watch at my...

Lately my daughter has been asking to go shopping for hijabs. Its on her mind....

I’ve been thinking that I should be writing. I should be talking to you, telling...

It seems to me that the 2016 election will be one of those defining moments...

“You said you prayed about it. I know your husband and children are Muslim, but...

Mom? Can you make Baba's Red Sauce? The month of December is a stressful time...

If you open your eyes and are observant, you can often see more than what's...

My heart is heavy. It is a boulder of concrete sinking into the ocean, never...

There are two weeks left until the election. 2 weeks It will be wracked with...

Good Morning! It is Monday morning and I got to sleep in today because it's...

Hello! I feel like we are meeting for the first time. So, in the interest...

Do you volunteer? Do you send in snacks? Do you buy from the school fundraiser?...

These days, my mind and heart are conflicted. I'm learning and growing as a white...

It seems like everything I read these days online is about the election candidates, Ramadan...

Last weekend, I had a dream that caused me to wake in a panic. I...

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. The first day of Lent. I’m not Catholic, and I’m not...

Happy Thursday my friends!  Its a new year and with that a new batch of...

My mind is racing and there are 5,000 things to be done today.  It is...

A few weeks ago, I received a private message on the My Islamic Life FB...

One year ago today started the year of mourning.  In Islam, we are permitted 3...

There are times that I question my reasoning for writing this blog.  I wonder if...

I don't share every little bit of my life here, but I do share the...

We are a family in mourning. I am a woman in mourning. As a child...

Last weekend, I was talking with Kate and Pea about our upcoming extracurricular activity scheduling....

So, before Christmas I wrote about changing up our holiday season.  I bought the workbook,...

*This post was edited for clarity.* dun Dun daaaaaa DUN!!!! (in my head, there is...