{"id":125,"date":"2009-01-06T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/muslimahinprogress\/2009\/01\/06\/feeling-human-again\/"},"modified":"2009-01-06T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T18:45:00","slug":"feeling-human-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/muslimahinprogress\/2009\/01\/feeling-human-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Feeling human again."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim<\/p>\n<p>Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullah<\/p>\n<p>Alhamdulillah, I survived the day of fasting.  I broke my fast with water and some cranberry-nut cookies.    Then I had some pasta.  Now I\u2019m drinking my decaf coffee and feeling like a human being again.  Since I\u2019ve been unable to fast for several years, fasting today was a BIG DEAL.  I did fast several days in Ramadan, before I started becoming very dehydrated and my milk supply suffered, but then I was ready for it, mentally prepared, and got up for suhoor every morning.  This morning I slept too late.  InshAllah I\u2019ll be up early tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the baby is older and is not completely dependent on me for nutrition, I plan to make fasting a normal part of our lives, inshAllah.  It seems I\u2019m more religiously focused on days that I fast.  I think I\u2019ll start the Monday \/ Thursday fasting.  I\u2019ll get my hubby on board, too.  My son, who is nine now, is always eager to fast so I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be participating.  He is mashAllah very good with fasting. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m trying to do better in all areas, like praying and fasting, eat well and exercising, making time to write and take care of myself.  It\u2019s very hard in a house with small children, and with my husband shouldering most of our new business he won\u2019t have as much time, but one way or another I\u2019m going to establish more balance in my life so I don\u2019t go crazy.  Alhamdulillah, he is so supportive of me.  He doesn\u2019t try to make me feel guilty for still being \u201cNancy\u201d in addition to being his wife and our kids\u2019 mom.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to finish my coffee, and then I think I have to clean the bathrooms.  I\u2019ve been ignoring them for a few days since I\u2019ve been overwhelmed with sick kids and a still \/ again sick hubby, may Allah grant him healing, Ameen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/8276196425188955527-1558271565615334133?l=muslimahinprogress.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullah Alhamdulillah, I survived the day of fasting. I broke my fast with water and some cranberry-nut cookies. Then I had some pasta. Now I\u2019m drinking my decaf coffee and feeling like a human being again. 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