Eid Mubarak!

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Hajera is not weird

I’ve been tagged by Maliha to do this meme where I’m supposed to list six weird things about myself. Since I’m not very fond of doing memes, I asked the best friend to write it up for me. She did a pretty good job, however, I have added my own commentary (in italics) [...]

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Natalie II

[Part I found here]

I can’t say I recall with much vividity the events that unfolded the day Natalie died. Perhaps that is because I didn’t know that her soul was to depart that day and thus I made no great attempt to imprint the day’s happenings on my mind. If only I had [...]

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Toilet seats? Really?!

A few weeks back, I took a trip to small town Hamilton, to pay a friend a visit. After much ado about where to dine (given my indecisiveness, of course), we decided to go for what proved to be a long, painful walk.
Okay, so I altered the story a slight bit. [...]

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Disowned

My children were born
on the slopes of snowy hills
and their laughter
rang through the white valleys
through me, as I watched them take flight
unmindful of the avalanche
under which they were to be buried
Now my children are nearing death
their voices hollow, mostly mute
and I, I sit by their side
faithfully
nursing them, willing them to life
even as their souls scatter
upon [...]

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Update on Natalie

She’s sort of progressing, but not really. Which means she’s temporarily on hold, but not really.
In the meanwhile, whatever do I blog about?

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