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...

I love thunderstorms and yesterday had me remembering standing on my deck back in Topeka and being amazed by how a storm develops. We are...

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will...

This July 4th feels a bit odd to say the least. Realizing that I am not quite sure what we are celebrating this July 4th is on my mind....

Team Watience was founded by the mother of Hadi Abdur Rasheed, a child who succumbed to aplastic anemia, a rare disease that damages the...

My 41st birthday is coming up and I decided to write a list of 41 thoughts. I am watching the Wonder Years and it's fascinating how...

June 7th. Hadi and Zakari’s birthday. I always wanted to make sure my twins were seen as two separate beautiful human beings. I rarely...

Yep, proud to be from Topeka, Kansas. I was all sorts of giddy listening to Harriet Lerner on Brene Brown’s episode and her introduction...

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller...