Most would say that I am not a huge music person because I don't know the name of every artist or song. But, when I was around eight years old, my brother got me a Walkman. Remember those? I could only listen to the radio on it. Every night at 9pm, I would listen to…
I sent a selfie to a friend today who commented that I am looking thin. My heart raced. How I long to regain the confidence that thin frshta use to have. Skinny Frshta was a dare devil. Her outer beauty ignited her inner beauty leaving other in awe of her beautiful energy that showed off…
Yesterday was an emotional day for me. I felt Allah with me throughout the day. My day consisted of highs and lows. God was with me throughout all of these moments. There were moments where I felt so incredibly weak. I kept praying to Allah to please help me. There was confirmation that Allah was…
Dear God, My name is Frshta but I know you already know this. God I know I have sinned. I know that I don’t pray five times a day or cover up like I should. But, God I ask for your forgiveness. I ask for you to bring my heart closer to you. Give me…
I want to bring up a sensitive topic. I want to say before hand that I mean no offense to anyone and this is my personal opinion so please don't attack me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and shouldn't be attacked for it. I am not going to lie but I am scared…
I have spend the last week coughing up mucus and fighting fevers along with fasting for Ramadan. I shouldn't have fasted if I was ill but I wanted too. I felt like I could handle it. Today, the sickness got the best of me. I had a fever most of the day and it was…
A year ago, I was on my second semester of graduate school. I was taking a teaching course that would help me prepare for teaching a class at my university. At the end of the semester, our professor had us write a letter to ourselves. She mailed it to me this past week. A year…
My family became business owners when I was a teenager. I hated it. It was a liquor store. My father worked mornings and my eldest brother, Yama, worked evenings. At first, my dad continued to work his job at the gas station. Yama continued to work his job as an X-Ray technician. The plan was…
Last night was my last class as a graduate student at least for now. I have not decided if I will be returning to graduate school for a PHD or a MFA yet. I had mixed feelings. I was fasting and the course starts at 7pm. So it is towards the end of a long…
Ramadan day one was tough. *****THE IMAGE FOR THIS POST HAD ME DYING FROM LAUGHTER. LOL I woke up for breakfast at 4am but I didn't eat much. I tried having a protein shake but it didn't taste good. I ended up going back to bed. I woke up at 7:30am for work and I…
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