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As we draw to the end of a calendar year, there is time for reflection on what has been accomplished or achieved and what has also brought challenges and tests. Islamically, there is no “best” time to engage in this type of exercise.

The winter holidays can be intimidating for Muslims trying to preserve their faith and traditions in a majority non-Muslim land. We feel constantly surrounded by colorful décor, Christmas tunes, seasonal sales, and the familiar, warm spiced scents of the winter holidays.

My youngest child just passed her first birthday. She is being breastfed in a manner similar to how I fed her older siblings, Alhamdulilah. But she still doesn’t sleep through the night. Looking back, not a single one of my five children slept through the night before they were fully weaned.