So, it’s Ramadan. Some of us started today, some tomorrow. It’s always the same. Except for last year, I think everyone started on the same day and ended on the same day, it’s awesome when that happens!
I like to do educational posts about Ramadan, but this year all I could think about was that I needed to buy roti. Seriously, I was quite disturbed that I wouldn’t have a chance to buy roti, and then I’d wake up in the morning and not want to prepare anything for just me and then I’d walk around the kitchen for 5 minutes, pondering various options, then I’d think about something but decide against it because it would take too long, and we have no toaster, no toaster over, and the microwave stopped working, again, then I’d only have time for multi-vitamins and water. This has happened before!
Anyway, I got roti, so no need to panic!
Again this year, I have minimal Ramadan goals – I like my goals to be things that I aspire to do on a normal basis – consistency is the key. And again, I’ll answer the question – do kids fast? because it is the number 1 question I receive.
And I’ll leave you with a post about cravings because I am positively sure I’ll be missing my chai tomorrow!!
We had a good day. Usually I have everyone over at my place, but I decided to change it up a bit this year as everyone seems sort of tired from the month (well, that and the fact that last week we discovered MICE!!!! It looks like they came in from the garage now we have no idea what to do, and here’s is where the lack of a man in the house is extremely inconvenient! Ahem). Anyway.
My mom cooked curry duck and, I guess what you could call breadfruit oil-down except clearly without any pig products… she made it with dasheen leaves and salt fish… It tastes amazingly good, but I understand if your response to this is “WTH?!”
The kids spent part of the day with us and part with their dad and from the sounds of it, they had an awesome day!
I feel a bit paralyzed right about now, mostly because I don’t know what to do about the problems with this house. But, anyway, yesterday was good, and I am just a little tired of facing new challenges everyday, but at least life is interesting right?! Sigh.
by shaz on Friday, September 11, 2009 at 05:46 AM
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It’s not often that I post conversion stories, but do look at them. There is something very different about converts to Islam, and I am usually very awed by them because when they speak of Islam they have such love, and enthusiasm, and it’s like they’ve been given this precious gift… then I think about myself, being muslim all my life – most of that time taking it for granted… and I feel completely inadequate. But their stories, as with stories of anyone who’s been looking, or not looking, for spirituality or a sense of purpose and found it in a most unlikely place, are extremely moving and inspirational.
This was a particularly entertaining story, as was the speaker. His aussie accent was a bit challenging at times for me to decipher, but I totally, totally loved the story – and even if Islam is not your thing… as it’s Ramadan and everything, maybe you can spend the 10 minutes to learn about it.
So, remember when I said that I didn’t have bbq all summer? (hey fasting ppl, avert your eyes now! lol)
Well, Rating/Shoveling guy read it and was very dismayed and said “don’t worry shaz, we’ll have bbq!” He’s like a thoughtful younger brother, you know, he’ll be all “ok, we’ll do all this cool stuff, for sure, yes, we’ll go here and there…” then in the next 5 seconds he’ll get totally caught up in his own life!
But, props to him, he came through – brought up his own little charcoal grill-thingy and everything. The chicken was good, but we made bbq fish, and that was OMG-totally-yummy!!
In other news, I am really sick of hijab/veil talk, but Willow wrote an article worth reading.
