RAMADAN KARIM FAM!

May the peace blessings and mercy of my Beloved be with you. I pray the ibada period is going on as best as possible. Keep at the forefront of your mind that this might be your last, make it the best. May He ease all our affairs and grant us the goodness in this world and in the next.

Ramadan is a month that brings together families. You can spend more time with your kids without them irritating you much. As the pangs of hunger makes us all easily irritable. While doing that, they can be helpful too. Your little babies can help you in the kitchen, and with other house chores. Choose appropriate chores for appropriate ages. For example, my 5 year old helps bring the food from the kitchen to the living area and cleaning up afterwards. He helps me peel potatoes (at the beginning he was not any good but trust consistency he now peels while I do other things), he can rinse plates, dust the surfaces, and mops sometimes. This also takes away the “he’s a male he can’t do house chores factor” we are trying to correct. My 2 year old bless her soul, she always wants to help she helps with empty plates (non-breakable) and cups and helps put some plates back in their original places after washing them and thing else that she can do. While doing that you can chant as much dhikr as you want or play the Qur’an to the surah your babies can recite so everyone can get a share of the reward. If you have older kids or other people staying with you, all the merrier. May the almighty bless our kids and guide them. May Allah accept our acts of worship and grant us His mercy forever. Amen.

Much, much much love Mariya.