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Motherhood is such a beautiful part of a woman’s life and I’m so happy you chose to embrace it. It’s 9 months of a person growing inside of you. 9 months of all those chemical, hormonal changes in your body and stretch marks spreading across your skin like maps to places you forget to love, bringing out all the softness you buried under your chest when the world got too rough. 9 months of every side of you that’s still learning how to heal. None of it all matters when that tiny bundle is cradled in your arms, struggling to keep her eyes open. I hope you’re not too rough pushing her out of the nest and teaching her how to fly. I know you’re scared for her future and for your own, but there’s nothing wrong with taking a little more time in learning how to get back on your feet and walk again. I hope you teach your child to be brave enough to fall over and over again because you’ll always be there to pull her back up so that the pitter-patter of her footsteps and the melody of her giggles resonate through your house, which has forgotten it was ever quiet. I hope you teach her to get trapped in the web of her own head and fall in love with the things that save her. I hope you teach her to be loving and caring, to know the difference between fairytales and snares, to stumble on rocks and bleed but to never stop craving the smell of fresh mud after the rain under her feet. I hope you teach her to believe in the marvel of her curious wide eyes and scraped knees, because even when you catch a butterfly and she sheds her colours on your palms, she doesn’t stop escaping and fluttering her wings. I hope you teach her how important it is to follow your own heart because you never want her to grow old and realise that in her pursuit for stability, she forgot how to be happy. But most of all, I hope you teach her to be kind. To learn to love the fuzzy feeling of warmth spreading across her chest and her palms every time a wide smile stretches itself across someone’s face because she’d rather buy them food than save all her paychecks for jewellery she’d never use. To teach her to be happy with being called crazy every time she’s grinning and excitedly talking about how she rescued a mangled puppy off the streets to give it a home. To teach her how the world runs on these random acts of kindness but everyone is so deeply immersed in their own troubles that they forget how important it is to smile. Last of all, I hope you teach her to say, “I love you” and never not mean it.

Tamarind Fall; Writing prompt: To the friend who is pregnant and about to give birth. (via blackpenwritings)

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Saving my *precious* moments.

Here are ten reasons why you should appreciate your mum. One or all may apply to you :) 1) Your mum was praying for you even before you were born - you are precious to her.

2) She went through nine months of pain, sickness, nausea just for you, and she doesn’t regret a moment of it, because you were worth everything.

3) She spent nights awake, worrying, and praying for a healthy baby, and it broke her heart, if the Doctor diagnosed you with an illness, even if it was just a prediction. Her pain was real, and it can never be replaced or repaid.

4) She was worrying about your future even before you were born. She set up trust funds, saving pennies, just so you can have a better and safer future. 5) She either went through natural childbirth, which is incredibly painful, or had herself cut up (C-Section), just so you can enter into this world safely. 6) She cried the first time she saw you. She sighed in relief, grateful that you were safe. She wanted to hug you, kiss you, and keep you safe. 7) She gave up hours of her day so she could give you her milk, she sacrificed her time of the day, to ensure you were fed. 8) She cleaned you, fed you, weaned you, nursed you when you were healthy, and grieved when you were ill. She didn’t complain that she has to stay at home with you, nor think you’re a burden. She *wanted* to give you the best care she possibly could. 9) She sacrificed several years of her career for you, just so you could have your mummy by you when you needed her most. 10) She loved you when you did silly things, when you kept crying, when you would get your nappy wet on a regular basis. She loved and loves you unconditionally and that is what makes her so special.

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Diet

Consult with your doctor

Be diligent about prenatal vitamins (take them every day)

Drink a lot of water at iftar

Consume fruits and vegetables that have a lot of water (cucumber, watermelon)

Utilize yogurt for hydration as well

Consume a complex carb at suhoor (oatmeal is the best) to keep sugar levels constant

Focus on a wholesome diet as much as possible. Make sure to meet daily caloric needs throughout the night and morning.

Fatigue & Energy

Monitor your baby’s movement; count kicks. If they decrease - move around and count again. If the kick count is still low: break your fast & drink juice

If a low kick count becomes normal, stop fasting. Or fast every other day or every two days and then one day off (depending on the situation)

Extreme fatigue means sugar levels are low - break your fast

Try to relax as much as possible, do not exhaust too much energy

The first 3 months will be the hardest for a pregnant women (due to morning sickness)

LASTLY & MOST IMPORTANTLY

Don’t push yourself. You’re excused from fasting. Do what’s best for your baby and your health. Every woman is different, some may be able to fast & others might not. That’s ok. Ramadan is more than just fasting :D

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A perfect marriage is not between two perfect people, but between two imperfect people who learn when to overlook imperfection.

Yasir Qadhi (via islamic-art-and-quotes)

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My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you’ve been mean to someone, they won’t believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it’s time to stop being nice, then destroy them.

Laurell K. Hamilton, A Stroke of Midnight (via wordsnquotes)

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islamicthinking

Never fear failure. It teaches us valuable lessons. It can change our lives. It lets us taste humility; the best time to get close to Him.

— ﷽ (@IslamicThinking) June 29, 2017

Selamat hari raya aidilfitri. Kullu am wa antum bikhair 🎆

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abeauutifulpatience

“Hardship, you can’t escape it, so face it, with a beautiful perception of it, a beautiful patience.”

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The one who constantly reads the Qur’an gets his tongue used to it and so reading it becomes easy for him. But when he abandons it, reading it becomes heavy for him and difficult.

Ibn Hajr’s Fath al-Bari (v. 9, p. 79)

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shoutout to depressed and anxious people who often isolate themselves because they don’t have the energy to socialize, they’re scared, don’t believe anyone genuinely wants them around, etc.