As it was the first day of Spring break, the weather was delightful and lent itself to lots of fun.  I woke up and went to catch up with some high school friends, came home, went to an afternoon dawath, came home, took a wonderful nap and then had an amazing evening with family.

It was the later half of the day that was the real fun part; the evening.  The Raufs came over and it felt like the good old days.  The days when Iesa was a toddler calling computers tabunatchi, Ibrahim was brand new and maghrur haseen, and Saira appi and Najam bhai hadn’t moved away to Philadelphia, then to Germany then to Saudi Arabia.  It felt like one of those old Saturday nights when abbu’d fire up the grill, and we’d shoot the breeze on the deck.

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My sister-in-law showed me these two videos.  I found them to be extraordinarily cute, even though I’m not the biggest fan of ‘cute baby’ videos on YouTube.  Give ‘em a look.

Star Wars according to a 3-year old

Hey Jude, as sung by a chotu

This past weekend I had the opportunity to head back to one of my most favorite places in my heart– the MMYC Spring Conference.

MMYC is the Michigan Muslim Youth Council and it was founded back in my hayday of ‘99.  I was a freshman in high school when all the Michigan area youth groups decided to come together and form one umbrella organization.  It’s purpose was to better connect the youth of all the distinct communities in Southeast Michigan. 

MMYC started off by putting on day seminars and activities in different communities.  I guess the hope of MMYC was by sticking its name on a flier (as opposed to just the name of the host community) kids from all over Michigan would want to attend.  It didn’t make any sense to me, but it worked.  Muslim high schoolers would flock to MMYC events in hopes of seeing friendly faces from afar every now and then.

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Growing up I always thought that Winter was my favorite season of the year.  It somehow managed to feel cozy and warm despite all the cold weather outside.  Something about coats, boots, mittens, snow and blankets just made me feel happy, wrapped up and safe.

But as of recently, I think I’ve changed my mind.  I’ve been thinking about it the past few years, and I have just now officially decided that Spring is my favorite season of the year. 

Why did I make this decision?  There are a multitude of reasons, some too personal to disclose, but some just lame enough to share :)  And those, my friend, are what you’re going to get.

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I’m not one to post an article or forward that I’ve read recently, but for some reason I thought this one was just interesting enough to share.  Enjoy

You are what you eat, so eat well. A stupendous insight of civilizations past has now been confirmed by today’s investigative, nutritional sciences. They have shown that what was once called ‘The Doctrine of Signatures’ was astoundingly correct. It now contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Here is just a short list of examples of Whole Food Signatures.

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