I want to apologize to my childhood best friend. I hope you are not offended by the fact that you have been replaced. My new best friend and I have only known each other less than three years. Yet, in that short time we’ve become very close. My best friend and I like to gab about boys. Okay, just one in particular. We talk about how handsome and nice he is, and she tells me how she loves it when... Read more
Every new year has its share of memories and learning experiences, some happy, some painful. It’s the perfect opportunity to reflect and realign our priorities as well as make new promises to ourselves. While making new resolutions, we should try to view them with the scope of the aakhira. To better days! To… To faith- know every year that it’s a gift, not to be taken for granted or neglected. Intangible, indefinable, but it is everything.To prosperity- but not at... Read more
Growmama Picks is a collection of fun, interesting, and inspiring links that we share with you at the end of every month. Enjoy! 1. Want to know how to avoid those nasty headaches? Read here to find out how your diet can help. 2. Learn how to retain your quran memorization with these great tips. 3. Hit the ground running! Get started on your first 5k run with this read. 4. Need new tactics for disciplining your kids? Here are 10... Read more
“O ye who believe! Seek help with patient perseverance and prayer; for Allah is with those who patiently persevere” (2:153). I’ve been told many times in my life I am a patient person. I think I am. I thought I was. Now that I am a parent I feel I have stepped into a whole new dimension of patience, and I have a lot to learn. Everyone talks about the “terrible two’s” of childhood, but the two’s are a breeze... Read more
It’s that time of year again, when the snow begins to fall, the sky is a silver ribbon, and the cold air hangs low, seeping into every bone. Fireplaces burn bright, hot cocoa sits on the stove top, stockings hang low, and families gather to decorate their Christmas trees, as the scent of pine fills their homes. Presents are wrapped with love and care, and cookies and milk placed on bedside tables as hopeful children anticipate the return of Santa... Read more
Last autumn, a kind family from the neighborhood gave us an older television. It was a big, sturdy clunker, the kind of thing you don’t mind putting in a family room with young children and nerf balls. They were even so kind as to haul it over to our home and set it up for us. To return the kindness, I baked some of our traditional Ramadan cookies for them last December. I knew the mother, Natalie, enjoyed cookie exchanges... Read more
When I heard the news of the second largest school shooting in our history, I am certain my reaction was not unique. Immediately I was shaking with fear for my loved ones, terrified for the world they will inherit from us. As the day progressed, my core beliefs regarding gun control surfaced. I am a believer in the necessity of weapons for personal protection and as a deterrent. That being said, if I’m not allowed somewhere carrying a gun, it... Read more
The country is still reeling in the wake of the Newtown, CT. shooting. The killer has been identified; he started the day by shooting his mother and ended the day by turning the gun on himself. In between, he shot and murdered twenty schoolchildren, all between the ages of six and seven-years-old. He also killed six women who worked at the elementary school, those that taught, nurtured, loved, and in the end protected the children, paying the price with their... Read more
The headlines say it all. “20 children among the 28 killed in Connecticut slaughter.” Those whose lives were only just beginning, their innocence barely touched, gone in a flash. The recent school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut has left not only our country, but also the entire world stunned and hearts everywhere, shattered. Whether or not you are a parent, no one can escape the tragedy that is now identified as the second deadliest school shooting ever in the United States.... Read more
The GrowMama community would like to offer their deepest condolences to those stricken by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown Connecticut. We will be keeping the families, the school, and the greater community in our supplications. No words can bring comfort to the parents and those afflicted by such a tragic event, but we will continue to pray that God grants them mercy, ease, and relief during this unimaginable time. Please take a moment to make dua’a for... Read more
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