22 December 2018 Nearly four years ago, our Rabb gifted is with a most beautiful gift, the gift of a little girl whom we named Amatullah. She became the light of our lives, and a constant reminder to us of our Rabb. When Allah returned her beautiful soul to Him two days ago, He took …
30 November 2018 Living with EB can be challenging. I was struggling to keep up with the demands of life and looking after two kids, whilst maintaining my spirituality. It’s not that I didn’t want to, but rather that in the craziness of life, I couldn’t think of what I needed to do. Enter The …
I won’t easily forget the first moments I set sight on my Maryam after she’d drowned. She was semi-white, limp and drenched in water. I remember taking her from my father’s arms, running into the house and trying to do CPR on her. I remember running out of the house with her to the doctor …
I’d never been that hurt before, not the day after my c-section, not when I first unknowingly separated my daughter’s skin from her body, nor when I lost my second child via a miscarriage. And though all these incidents were painful in some form or another, nothing compared to the heartbreak I felt at the …
“Look there! A beast!”, he exclaimed as he pointed to my little girl sitting in her pram. He couldn’t have been older than five years old, but his words still stung. My daughter was in hospital for yet another iron infusion, and I’d taken her down to the kiddies playground for a little bit. “Dear …
If I could put all that I feel into words, your heart would not be able to contain all that I have to share. You’ll never know how lucky you are, to be able to see your beloved’s face throughout the day. It’s been just over two years since my daughter’s facial wound appeared, and …
Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi Raaji’oon – From Allah do we come, and unto Him is our return. Growing up, these words were always uttered when someone was struck with a major calamity and I thus always thought a negative emotion should accompany it, but today, for the first time, I uttered these words with …
Just over a week ago, my husband and I received news that we were expecting, and as with most couples, we were elated. As the days progressed however, I experienced some breakthrough bleeding which eventually lead us to going for an ultrasound much sooner than we’d intended. It is with great contentment and peace of …
