Saira Sufi
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We are waiting to board our flight back to Virginia and I am exhausted. That being said, I am able to reflect on how awesome the Disney...
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Saira Sufi
- Aug 20
- 2 min
PSL
It’s almost October. I am still of the opinion that pumpkin items shouldn’t be offered until October 1st. I am at Dunkin though and the...
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Saira Sufi
- Jul 8
- 1 min
Midway
Chicago. One of my first memories is of me sitting in my Marium Thai’s kitchen after my Thaiya had passed. Cisero. Another memory is of...
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Saira Sufi
- May 2
- 3 min
The Smell of Mehndi-Love or Hate?
It is Eid. I am on my third cup of coffee and it is not even 3pm. Zakaria thinks I will get up to five cups. We shall see. It's Cold...
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Saira Sufi
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Do They Not See Their Wings?
I didn’t wake up in time to go to the 5:15am Orange Theory class so I decided to go on a walk instead. I obviously had to get my Dunkin...
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Saira Sufi
- Feb 18
- 2 min
How Sweet It Is
I used to live in Arlington, Courthouse to be exact. Zakaria and I recently met up with some friends for brunch in Arlington and a lot of...
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Saira Sufi
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
Auld Lang Syne
It’s the last day of 2021. I started my day with a walk by the Potomac River. I looked at the tree that we took family pictures by when...
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Saira Sufi
- Sep 19, 2021
- 2 min
Where’s my cookie, Doubletree?
Sacramento, California. I have been to Sacramento a total of two times in my life. 2010 for a friend’s wedding and then 2021 for another...
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Saira Sufi
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
20 Years and Sparkles
Indelible memories. Hadi squeezing my hand while intubated when he heard his brother’s voice. Coming home to an empty closet. Nay’s...
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Saira Sufi
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
Head Like a Hole
Two years. It has been two years since Zakaria's first day of 2nd grade. Two years since I made sure he got on the school bus and then...
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Saira Sufi
- Jul 10, 2021
- 2 min
Taming of the Shrew
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...
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Saira Sufi
- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
IAD
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...
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Saira Sufi
- Jun 12, 2021
- 2 min
Mass Street
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...
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Saira Sufi
- Jun 5, 2021
- 2 min
Sweet Braided Bread
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...
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Saira Sufi
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
Dunkin for suhoor!
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...
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Saira Sufi
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
Gotta be lots of celosia, right?
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...
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Saira Sufi
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
Can I blink? No, no I can’t.
I started wearing glasses in second grade. I think they had little rainbows on them. Contacts in sixth grade and I have switched between...
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Saira Sufi
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
No one in 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...
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Saira Sufi
- Nov 26, 2020
- 2 min
We must have pie!
It is Thanksgiving and I am sitting on my deck enjoying the cool breeze and some amazing coffee. I have started putting white chocolate...
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Saira Sufi
- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
One Eyed Giant
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...
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