I am grateful for a place to live. For the first 6 years of my marriage, I lived in my in laws’ home. When my mother in law first showed me through their house, the morning after the wedding, I asked politely, did you just move in? She said, no we’ve lived here for more…
Category: big moments
Ramadan Day 1 – 1443/ 2022
Today was the first day of Ramadan. The kids and I finished putting up decorations, baked mochi cakes, and cooked a Gujarati sponge cake that my my father in law taught me how to make. I managed to take a class on parenting (thank God for Zoom), listen to a women’s recitation, and stop by…
Coffee or Marriage?
My coffee date turned out to be the beginning of a 17-year marriage. “Will you be my valentine’s?” I texted him first. I waited for the dots on my phone. It was Saturday, February 11. We had met for the first time the day before. Will you be my boyfriend before we get married? Can…
Sadia Kalam 