Bismillah
My first post...
I was going to say "of the year" but it is ending so really... lets just say my first post and leave it at that please.
Now then, onto some thoughts inshallah.
This is not my first blog but I hope it will be my last. The other attempts ended somehow or another and mostly because I got lazy and demotivated.
However, like "Stella" in "How Stella got her groove back" (you have to see the movie!), I seem to have gotten mine back too... though I didnt go to Jamaica nor sunbathe on white sand... sigh...
Anyway!
I'm living in Algiers, Algeria, an Tanzanian American married to a British Algerian and we have three Bundles of Joy, that by turn cause us to gain wisdom and wrinkle lines, and we thank Allah majorly for this blessing.
I've by turns lived in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar, in London, UK, in Boston, United States of America, and now in Algiers:) I used to love traveling but believe or not, all this time I was and am seeking a place to plant my roots, nourish a strong and healthy tree, and die in peace inshallah. I dont know yet if Algeria is the place but I'm willing to be patient and see what Allah has in store for me.
I'm a Muslim first and foremost. It is the most defining thing about me. I make all my decisions based on this fact and state.
This does not however, mean that I'm perfect in my implementation of Islam. I'm neither an ideal Muslim nor a perfect one. I make many mistakes and commit many blunders and sins, all of which I ask Allah to forgive and overlook.
It does mean though, that I refer to the Islamic code of conduct and living and strive to apply it in my everyday living and dealing with people. Occasionally, I'm entirely successful, often I make mistakes, but usually I manage to apply at least a portion of what makes a good and pleasing Muslim to my living, with Allah's help always.
I love Islam and I love being a Muslim because I experience peace through the practice of Islam and the act of Submission to Allah's Will.
I also love being married to my husband. He is a source of joy, inspiration, sometimes frustration which is just another way to force me to grow and learn new things, and because of him, I have experienced so many wonderful and amazing things, that I feel I am today a better person than I was before getting together with him. Plus, with him, we get to play house and raise children, all while managing tough situations and handling minor earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in our lives as Allah shapes us to be better, sturdier, stronger and more stable people inshallah (like the earth didnt reach its present state without having undergone some major and minor reformations).
And finally, I love being a mom, a mother, and a mummy! It is my most challenging role as a Muslim. It calls on me 24/7 for all the 365 year in and year out. I havent been a mother for long, nor do I have so many children like some mothers that I know and respect mashallah, however, I have been stretched and reshaped in so many ways that I'm sure I'm no longer the person I was even just 3 years ago!
The whole landscape of who I was is now as different as my body is compared to before carrying 3 full term pregnancies and giving birth naturally. My emotional psyche and view of the world are much broader and probably more piercing than ever before. I love and appreciate these changes as much as I struggle to accept and deal with some of the new information as it comes into my life, integrating it into what I knew, modifying where necessary, growing to match the new realities as quickly as I can, and all this while trying not to loose my sanity and verve for life due to lack of sleep and the normal stresses of caring for small kids.
I hope to make this blog a place I come to think, to share, to put into perspective, and to gain from inshallah.
My first post...
I was going to say "of the year" but it is ending so really... lets just say my first post and leave it at that please.
Now then, onto some thoughts inshallah.
This is not my first blog but I hope it will be my last. The other attempts ended somehow or another and mostly because I got lazy and demotivated.
However, like "Stella" in "How Stella got her groove back" (you have to see the movie!), I seem to have gotten mine back too... though I didnt go to Jamaica nor sunbathe on white sand... sigh...
Anyway!
I'm living in Algiers, Algeria, an Tanzanian American married to a British Algerian and we have three Bundles of Joy, that by turn cause us to gain wisdom and wrinkle lines, and we thank Allah majorly for this blessing.
I've by turns lived in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar, in London, UK, in Boston, United States of America, and now in Algiers:) I used to love traveling but believe or not, all this time I was and am seeking a place to plant my roots, nourish a strong and healthy tree, and die in peace inshallah. I dont know yet if Algeria is the place but I'm willing to be patient and see what Allah has in store for me.
I'm a Muslim first and foremost. It is the most defining thing about me. I make all my decisions based on this fact and state.
This does not however, mean that I'm perfect in my implementation of Islam. I'm neither an ideal Muslim nor a perfect one. I make many mistakes and commit many blunders and sins, all of which I ask Allah to forgive and overlook.
It does mean though, that I refer to the Islamic code of conduct and living and strive to apply it in my everyday living and dealing with people. Occasionally, I'm entirely successful, often I make mistakes, but usually I manage to apply at least a portion of what makes a good and pleasing Muslim to my living, with Allah's help always.
I love Islam and I love being a Muslim because I experience peace through the practice of Islam and the act of Submission to Allah's Will.
I also love being married to my husband. He is a source of joy, inspiration, sometimes frustration which is just another way to force me to grow and learn new things, and because of him, I have experienced so many wonderful and amazing things, that I feel I am today a better person than I was before getting together with him. Plus, with him, we get to play house and raise children, all while managing tough situations and handling minor earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in our lives as Allah shapes us to be better, sturdier, stronger and more stable people inshallah (like the earth didnt reach its present state without having undergone some major and minor reformations).
And finally, I love being a mom, a mother, and a mummy! It is my most challenging role as a Muslim. It calls on me 24/7 for all the 365 year in and year out. I havent been a mother for long, nor do I have so many children like some mothers that I know and respect mashallah, however, I have been stretched and reshaped in so many ways that I'm sure I'm no longer the person I was even just 3 years ago!
The whole landscape of who I was is now as different as my body is compared to before carrying 3 full term pregnancies and giving birth naturally. My emotional psyche and view of the world are much broader and probably more piercing than ever before. I love and appreciate these changes as much as I struggle to accept and deal with some of the new information as it comes into my life, integrating it into what I knew, modifying where necessary, growing to match the new realities as quickly as I can, and all this while trying not to loose my sanity and verve for life due to lack of sleep and the normal stresses of caring for small kids.
I hope to make this blog a place I come to think, to share, to put into perspective, and to gain from inshallah.
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