Parenting

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.

When my first son was born over 15 years ago, without knowing when, where, or even if it would ever be published, I started compiling a list of beneficial information for new mothers about breastfeeding.

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.

We Wear the Masks

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

When my first son was born over 15 years ago, without knowing when, where, or even if it would ever be published, I started compiling a list of beneficial information for new mothers about breastfeeding.