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I\u2019m hoping to make another delivery this weekend.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>So, we had no idea what this kind of food was. \u00a0I have never encountered it before, the kids thought maybe doughnuts. \u00a0I thought maybe dinner rolls. \u00a010 minutes later at Iftar, my son took his first bite of food after 16 hours of fasting, he chose one of these little pockets of yummy dough. \u00a0He found that they were filled with rice, meat, peas and pine nuts spiced very delicately. \u00a0The bread ended up being puff pastry dough, and the filling was spiced with cinnamon and allspice (probably 7 spice.) \u00a0The tops were golden brown and buttery but looked like they might have been treated with an eggwash prior to baking. \u00a0My son said they were like Kibbe, but without the hard outer shell.<\/p>\n

Last night after dinner was over and the aftermath cleared away, floor swept (by Khaled and son) we went to Taraweeh prayers. \u00a0I ran upstairs to shower and change and found myself not wanting to try to figure out what to wear that would be appropriate. \u00a0I just didn\u2019t have the energy. \u00a0So I grabbed my Abaya \u2013 y\u2019no the one I bought in the spring and put that on over the white pants I made just for that purpose. \u00a0I am finding it easier to reach for my Abaya to wear on occasions when I know it will be appropriate and I just don\u2019t want to put too much thought into what I\u2019m wearing.<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t stay for the whole time, but just a few Rakas and then went home. \u00a0I\u2019m not sure what, if anything, the children got out of that short of time being there. \u00a0Also, we went to the Masjid where the girls pray in a completely different room than the men. \u00a0The ladies were a bit lost and I didn\u2019t know what to tell them except for just follow along. \u00a0When we got back in the car, Khaled explained what was happening and why it was so very different from the regular way of praying, but I felt like I had failed in a teaching moment. \u00a0At that moment, when I was watching the girls and their confused little faces, I wished that I could teach them, and I knew how to explain to them what was going on. \u00a0I knew that the Imam was reciting the first Surah of The Quran, but I didn\u2019t know why it was being broken down the way it was. \u00a0So I sat there, and watched over my ladies from the hallway and when we saw that we had been there an hour, it was time to go home.<\/p>\n

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