To celebrate Ramadan, I’ve put The Wudu Cling on SALE. Normally 10.00 each, you can buy them now for 7.50 each or 2 for 15.00 Here are the links. Amazon: The Wudu Cling (Yellow) The Wudu Cling (Blue) Etsy: The Cling Shop [Read more…]
This Weekend’s Featured author on AltMuslim
March 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
When I started writing this blog, it was with the hopes that it would be a touchstone for people like me, searching for a source of support in this wonderful, exciting, challenging and often lonely journey of being in an interfaith relationship with a Muslim spouse. A source of comfort and a place for [Read More…]
I’m not ready. College, People and Life.
March 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I’ve been thinking that I should be writing. I should be talking to you, telling you what’s been happening…but the words wouldn’t come. My life hasn’t been that interesting lately. I guess. I’ve been working on getting Mr. Fox ready to go to college. That is the biggest thing in my life. Going on college [Read More…]
Keeping them Safe
November 17, 2016 by Leave a Comment
My heart is heavy. It is a boulder of concrete sinking into the ocean, never to rise to the surface. I AM TERRIFIED. You know when your children are small, and they have learned to walk and they want their independence, but then you take them into a crowded store and they walk around [Read More…]
You, Be Safe
August 8, 2016 by 2 Comments
These days, my mind and heart are conflicted. I’m learning and growing as a white woman, who has been raised in a small-ish midwestern town, in a predominantly white environment. I never considered myself racist, but to be honest, I wasn’t cognizant of my privilege until I married Khaled. Even though he is fair, white [Read More…]
Ramadan Kids Club
July 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
This year, The Little Mosque Down the Street™ organized an event that took place four days a week for the smallest Muslims, called Ramadan Kids Club. They worked in cooperation with another Mosque, and for two hours each day, the kids listened to a story, sang some songs and did an activity. I was invited [Read More…]
Islamic Life Hack – The Wudu Cling
June 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
When I agreed to marry Khaled and raise our future children Muslim, I didn’t understand all of the minute, tiny details of difference that would surface between my upbringing and his. Aside from the big glaring differences, his – being brought up in a different country, his parents married from a young age and staying [Read More…]
What About Jell-o Salad?
June 13, 2016 by 3 Comments
A few weeks ago, we had an abundance of fruit that needed to be used, and I was all smoothie’d out. Kate and I searched through our trusty Blue Book* trying to find out what we could make with the bananas and mangos we had on hand. She came upon a recipe I had printed [Read More…]
Planning the Next Month
May 31, 2016 by 1 Comment
It seems like everything I read these days online is about the election candidates, Ramadan or college. Seriously! I’m done with the election already. Whatever democrat is the nominee, that’s who I’m voting for. Boom. Done Deal. Next! Ramadan? Well, honestly I’ve been thinking about and planning for Ramadan for 3 months now. Searching for [Read More…]
Learning to Breathe
September 23, 2015 by 5 Comments
These days I’m unsettled. I feel like we are on the cusp of a major change. By ‘we’ I mean The World, The United States, Society as a Whole, Islam, My Family, Me. My wise friend, Heather, tells us to breathe through the change but I’m scared of change. I know it is inevitable, but [Read More…]
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