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"Maybe the greatest challenge now is to find a way to keep independence while also committing ourselves to the ties that bind people, families, and ultimately societies together." Jane O'Reilly

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Three A's to a Good Marriage : Appreciation, Acceptance, and Affection. Three B's to Avoid During Marriage : Belittling, Bitching and Belly Aching. Three C's to a Cheerful Marriage : Commitment, Consultation, and Concession. - "Lipstick Jungle" - Candace Bushnell

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"When anger rises, think of the consequences." Confucius

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Ringing in 1431 and 2010!!! I was inspired by The Muslimah's post where she listed her goals for the new year so I will do likewise! So in no particular order insha Allah: Go greener! Recycle, reduce, reuse. Try out cloth diapers. Stop being a product junkie. Get my haircare products and routine down to a science! Read Qur'an daily, even if for only 5 minutes. Workout for at least 10 minutes

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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln

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Learn a new surah Start studying Arabic again Have another class/halaqa at my house for young girls (they loved the 1st one) Buy more miswak Learn new duas Read the book for my Islamic bookclub Do a biographical study on a sahaba/wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him)

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salaams! this is just a "mind spill" post lol. I want to go back to school. I need to be way more productive than I am. I don't think being selfish is bad. As a matter of fact I need to be a LOT more selfish. I'm going to get rid of a lot of makeup and clothes. I'm starting to feel cluttered. I need black shoes. I want a pair of Uggs or Ugg-esque boots. I REALLY want Zach to start sleeping at

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So a few weeks or so ago on Twitter a sister was talking about hijab and how awesome it was and how much she loved it. My reaction was: meh, I don't know about all that. She pressed me further and I said: I do not love hijab. As my "handle" indicates I wear hijab and I respect hijab but I don't love it....at all. I wear it like I wear a seatbelt. Every time I get in a car I buckle up without

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Tis all!

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Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman who experiences menstruation except with a head cover (khimar).” (Sunan Abu Dawud, no. 641, Sunan Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah and others) I had never heard of this hadith before finding it in comments on welovehijab.com. I always wondered

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“And there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency. Such are they who are successful.” (Al-E-Imran: 104)

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Mommies & Ummies lend me your ear :). I'm looking to buy some entertaining educational DVDs for Zach any suggestions? I need to structure his day (and mine) better. I want to start a loosely structure home school situation for him as well. Ya Allah give me the strength lol.

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That's me in the cornerThat's me in the spotlightLosing my religionTrying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do itOh no I've said too muchI hadn't said enough REM Salaams! It seems as if there are so many people out there struggling with religion and what they truly believe. I've recently seen a Christian blogger and a Muslim blogger say they didn't know if their religious

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"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again." Og Mandino

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Main Entry: frail  Pronunciation: \ˈfrāl\ Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fraile, from Latin fragilis fragile, fromfrangere Date: 14th century 1 : easily led into evil  2 : easily broken or destroyed : fragile 3 a : physically weak b : slight, unsubstantial synonyms see weak I'm sitting here with Zach sleeping peacefully on my lap waiting for the Tylenol PM to

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Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.!!! Michael Corleone So basically I was bribed, guilted into asked to start teaching again at the mosque. I have to work on a proper curriculum and after I get back from visiting my mom and my bestie really devote a lot of time to this venture. Without being too negative I will say that we really need more community involvement. The

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my focus for the rest of the year is being positive verbally and mentally. positive affirmations, finding the silver lining etc. i am also going to start journaling again. if i write something negative in my journal I have to write a possible positive effect of whatever it is! that it's for now wait! I'm doing www.yepanotherone.com's Vanity Insanity challenge and i'm doing pretty good :). my

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salaams everyone! can i mention that i have been so busy and lazy lately! Zach's sleeping schedule changed and that added on top of my insomnia and my 3:30AM Arabic class led to zombie like Hijabi Apprentice. It took all my energy to look after Zach, cook, kinda clean and sit on Twitter all day lol. So I'll just give a small update: Zach: He has 3.5 teeth, is walking, building his vocabulary in

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"To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult." Plutarch

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"Whosoever observes fast in Ramadan and then follows up with six fasts in Shawwal, will be regarded as though he had been fasting every day." (Reported by Muslim) I just made up my missed days of Ramadan and today starts my 6 of Shawwal insha Allah. I've been told in the past that you can "double down" and fast with double intention. I've read shuyukh say that this is fine and I've read other

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I ask forgiveness of any of you who I may have hurt or offend and I forgive you as well. love, me

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You're moving, chasing a nearly 1 year old and fasting Ramadan! Can you believe the month is half over? Unfortunately this has been the least productive Ramadan for me EVER! But as brother @ns8t of Twitter told me: it's not too late to turn it around. My mommy is coming tomorrow :). I'm going to take advantage of her being here to go to taraweeh (night prayers) without Zach. I'm excited for that

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Salaams! I hope you all are having a blessed Ramadan thus far! This is my first Ramadan with a baby! It's soooo different and challenging in different ways but Alhamdulillah. I have only been to taraweeh prayers once. Kufi Apprentice aka Spousal Unit offered to stay home with the kids and I go to taraweeh but I declined. My stepdaughters wanted to stay home with me and Zach so we did.We had a

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What a great idea! I may copy and do something similar.

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I love this sister for the sake of Allah.

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