Hello readers, Writing this blog has changed my life in so many ways. It means so much to me that you are all here and reading my words. I consider myself a genuine young lady. I write these words sincerely to all of you every single week. It is a gift to be myself and…
#238 A Muslim women’s rights.
It’s my body. My right. No one else should have a say for what I want to do. They take this freedom away. Then they will start taking everything else away like my rights to practice my religion, my education rights and so on. Responsibility should be taught but my rights should be mine. They…
#235 the last night of my 20s
Last day of my 20s June 4th. 2022 was the last night of my 20s. It didn’t hit me until my best friend sent me a video from my 27th birthday. I couldn’t believe that three years has already passed by. Life is such a beautiful yet frightening experience. It goes by so fast. It…
#183 An Eid Memory
I want to pray for the people of Palestine and Israel. I pray for peace on both sides. I pray that all of humanity starts looking at all the similarities they have with one another than their differences. Only then can we be more compassionate and accepting. I wrote three different blogs for this week…
#171 slowing down
Life has felt nonstop lately.Everything is happening so fast.I want life to slow down.I need life to slow down.Where did the time go?It's Monday, and then I blink, and it's Friday.Then I blink again, and it's Monday morning.I feel as if I don't even have time to process my weekend.How do I make life slow…
# 168 balance
"Verily, everything has two ends and a middle. If you hold one of the ends, the other will be skewed. If you hold the middle, the two ends will be balanced. You must seek the middle ground in all things." There has been a recurring theme in my life the last couple of days, balance.…
#167 Oldies
Wednesday's quote of the day: "There are those who give joy, and that joy is their reward” - Kahlil Gibran. I spend a lot of time trying because of my delivery job. Therefore, I spend a lot of time in my car. I like driving but the car rides can become repetitive and boring. Sometimes…
#154 happy 28 birthday to me.
28 June 5, 1992 is my birthday. My 28th birthday lands on a Friday this year. What a memorable year this has been so far. Although it has been a tough 6 months, it has still had its blessings. I feel extremely blessed and grateful to have friends and family that want to celebrate. They…
Yama: Chapter 16
Omar and Yama had a complicated relationship and I still don’t know why. They grew up together and only had two years apart. Omar was never the school type instead he was the lets make money type. Yama graduated high school and got a job at the 99cents store at the age seventeen. He went…
Yama: Chapter 13
So now back to the ghost story. When Yama would see things during his time as an alcoholic....no one believed him. Everyone thought he was hallucinating because once your liver is damaged ...hallucinations happen all the time. Yama went to the hospital three times to get detoxed. He would hallucinate for weeks until he was…