It is almost time for my flight’s descent into Dulles. I am studying Marital and Family Therapy these days. On my first flight, I read...

I love traveling. Well, I could do without the youngin behind me kicking my seat but in a way, it takes me back to telling Hadi and...

7-11 coffee is not too bad. I am waiting for my Honda’s safety inspection to be done and I decided to walk over to the 7-11 for my...

You know how there was discussion how shaking hands would be a thing of the past after Covid? I saw a whole lot of handshaking this...

I want a thunderstorm. I want to be in my Topeka backyard looking at ominous clouds, ignoring my mother’s calls to come inside. At the...

I put an orchid on my office desk and it is beautiful. It makes me wonder about all the different kinds of flowers there are in Jannah. I...

I started wearing glasses in second grade. I think they had little rainbows on them. Contacts in sixth grade and I have switched between...

I just dropped off Zakaria to his father for the first week of winter break. As I sit in my car in the garage, listening to Hamilton, I...

It is Thanksgiving and I am sitting on my deck enjoying the cool breeze and some amazing coffee. I have started putting white chocolate...

I started to realize that next Wednesday will be two years since we said goodbye to Hadi when I heard a helicopter above while I was...

It’s Friday night and it’s pretty exciting up in this piece. I used appliance spray paint to get rid of the rust stains on my dryer. In...

It is the last day of August, 2020. What a whirlwind. Distance learning starts for Zakaria next week and I honestly am not sure what to...

I was discussing my love of good chocolate with one of my favorite neighborhood kids today. He was mentioning his love of Hershey and...

I love thunderstorms and yesterday had me remembering standing on my deck back in Topeka and being amazed by how a storm develops. We are...

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will...

This July 4th feels a bit odd to say the least. Realizing that I am not quite sure what we are celebrating this July 4th is on my mind....

Team Watience was founded by the mother of Hadi Abdur Rasheed, a child who succumbed to aplastic anemia, a rare disease that damages the...

My 41st birthday is coming up and I decided to write a list of 41 thoughts. I am watching the Wonder Years and it's fascinating how...

June 7th. Hadi and Zakari’s birthday. I always wanted to make sure my twins were seen as two separate beautiful human beings. I rarely...

Yep, proud to be from Topeka, Kansas. I was all sorts of giddy listening to Harriet Lerner on Brene Brown’s episode and her introduction...