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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Indelible memories. Hadi squeezing my hand while intubated when he heard his brother’s voice. Coming home to an empty closet. Nay’s...

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...

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...