‘IN THE NEWS’ Archives
“All-American Muslim”… My Thoughts…
Well, after much anticipation, I just finished watching the new TLC show "All American Muslim". The first thing I did after watching it was get on facebook.. And it seems that most of my 'facebook' friends either hate to love it or love to hate it... The majority filling the latter. Did I hate it? Not really... Did I love it? Not really.. [...]
A Mother’s Death.. How Have You Prepared Your Children For Yours?
A muslim is one who remembers death often. I know I don't think of death enough, don't remember it as often as I should. The Prophet Muhammad (Sallaahu alaihi wa salam) said to pray every prayer as if it were your last prayer... But how often do I really do that? A recent news item has really shaken me up. A young, 27 year old, Muslim mom [...]
Should we cut our husbands more slack?
Once upon a time, a happily married couple had twins. At first, life was grand. Husband would arrive home from work, hastily, to greet his growing new family. Wife thought she had it made, two beautiful children, and a husband eager to assist in their care. Fast forward. Husband comes home, tired, from a long day at work. He happily [...]
Are you HOOKED on gadgets and PAYING a MENTAL price?
Signs that you might be an internet addict.. Do you always check your e-mail before doing other things? Do you frequently find yourself anticipating the next time you'll be online? When you're online and someone needs you, do you usually say "just a few more minutes" before stopping? Have you ever lied about or tried to hide how long [...]
One Man Walks Across the US – and reminds me to take a little time to smell the roses
This is the time to remember Cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto Cause we won't although we'll want to. Once again the kids are with grandma, and I am sitting in my living room waiting for three different security companies to come by for their appointments. The house is quiet. And I can think, unlike most of [...]
Why You Might Want to Start Buying Organic Produce: A look at the new study on pesticides and ADHD
There's a newsworthy piece even my parents are talking about: the relationship between pesticides and ADHD. (Read it for yourself).... So this got me thinking....am I going to have to buy only organic now? Up until now we've always bought organic food, but not exclusively. I usually buy more organic items for the kids and less for us. [...]
The Link Between Divorce and Men Who Help Around the House
Get ready ladies...this is going to be one of those posts that you will want to forward to your husbands, your friends' husbands, your husbands' friends, your married male cousins, your brothers, maybe even your dads or your sons...(did I miss anyone there??) Usually when we talk about what a guy can do to help improve his marriage, we focus on [...]
Quality Child Care Leads to Smarter Teens
This story has been all over the news the past couple of days. Although I, personally, don't have my kids in childcare, I have thought about it from time to time, whenever I let the idea of going back to work linger in my mind. The study basically shows how 'quality' child care at a very young age is linked with 'smarter teens'. Hmmm....so [...]
Bullying the Fat Kid Starts at Home: When parents’ good intentions disparage obese children
I was doing my usual 'browsing' of the news - (You know, where you visit all your regular news websites (with the intention of finding out what's going on in the world) but your eye ends up wandering over to the 'not so news worthy' links) - When this article totally caught my eye and I couldn't help myself from reading on. When parent's good [...]
Parents’ Great Expectations – too high or not high enough?
A friend recently posted an article on Facebook that was just too cool for me to not pass along. It is included below in its entirety. It really makes me stop and look at my own expectations for my kids. I remember once Muhammad AlShareef taught a tafseer class in Houston and the issue of memorizing Qur'an came up, for us, as well as for [...]
