Walking up a beautiful stairwell in a small village in Morocco.
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
It's 4:20 AM and I am up and about drinking my tea before Fajr prayer calls out to me :-) Alhamdullilah. I am so very excited about Ramadan being just around the corner. While blog stalking (as usual) last night I came across this post by Beauty of Islam. It's the perfect organized method for reading the entire Qur'an this Ramadan! Insha'Allah we can all take advantage of it and gain reward from reading it all :-)
In other news, I got to attend a 3 hour training on Thursday for anti-human trafficking in America (more specifically my area of Florida). It was so very, very amazing and inspiring. Human trafficking is the reason I even started to study social work (although now I'm thinking criminal justice may have been the more appropriate choice) and now I feel like I'm progressing towards that area some more! In October, Not For Sale, is having a conference in California that I want to attend so bad!! Not sure if I'll be able to make it, but, insha'allah, I will go.
I love you all dearly and now the adhan has come on so I must go.
~XoXo~
good morning my sweet friend. you know, through all of the turmoil youre doing great. you have a positive spirit and youre on a good path friend. let him live his life. that is how i finally stopped crying so much, i told myself wait...he is not there crying each night for me so why am i killing myself in misery. and every time the sad thoughts started to roll in i said out loud NO!! I will NOT sit and dwell on this! i would get up and get busy and put on happy music. and trust me it started to work. i refused to be a pitiful woman when he was apparently happy. lol, it may not work for you but give it a go!!
ReplyDeletetrust me sis, what goes around comes around. my ex is SUFFERING now. and i mean truly suffering. i cannot help but think its his payback and even he recognizes this.
i hope you do get to go that conference. pray for it and if its in His plan...you will go!
again, wonderful to see your great spirit shining again. and i love that pic
Salaam Jana!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I just can't let myself get so down right now. It's not worth it and I know Allah has a GREAT plan for me.
I, too, believe in "what goes around comes around." Your ex is surely suffering from what he did to you. Insha'Allah this will help him change his ways.
Insha'Allah I will get to go to the conference. Thank you for your comment, love.
Salaam Alaikum,
ReplyDeleteThe conference you attended sounds amazing! Did you take notes? Id love to hear more about it! InshaAllah you will get a chance to attend the conference in California. Maybe you can find other people who will be attending and see if anyone wants to room with you (to save money etc). Also, I think some conferences give student discounts.
I love your positive attitude and spirit during this difficult time in your life =)
Do you think its possible that you could speak to your local imam and confide in him about your current situation? He might be able to contact your husband and mediate between the two of you. Or, if you would like to get a divorce he can get you divorced without your husband present (since your husband is playing games and not allowing you to move on). Hang in there, inshaAllah this too will pass!
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Wa alaykum assalaam lovely Rene!!
ReplyDeleteYes, I did take notes!!! I'm planning on making a whole post dedicated to what I learned, insha'allah :-) I think it's very important that everyone understands what's happening across the globe and we all need to do our part!
I have went back and forth in my mind about speaking to a local imam (there are 2 here), but I don't think I will. I'm friends with one of the imam's daughters and I really don't feel ready to tell certain people just yet. The other imam I never was too comfortable with. I really need to figure things out soon though.
Well, insha'allah you are enjoying your weekend :-)
~XoXo~
Salam alikum dear Elisa
ReplyDeleteYou really are so strong, I admire you more than you can know. It is so good that you are keeping busy as it keeps your mind from over thinking everything, when I split from my first husband which was actually only a year ago :s (yep that's me, two divorces in 6 months...) I almost literally lived at the gym (and particulary boxing classes) and I know for me it helped beyond anything. I understand how you feel about the imam thing as well, but when I saw the one at the Masjid for advice and told him about my husband he said "tell him to go to hell" lol, not the reaction I expected! Am thinking of you so much xxxxxx
Happy to read you again Elisa and I see you are very positive in this tough situation with your husband and have found your way back to God.
ReplyDeleteI hope God will bless you with a trip to California for this conference that means a lot to you. Keeping you in my prayers.
Take care.
Wa alaykum assalaam, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteInsha'Allah you are well. I remember you in my prayers, dear. You think I am strong, but you are so much stronger in so many ways! You are an inspiration to me. I have been wanting to go to the gym again (I got so lazy after getting married), but whenever I have the time I somehow convince myself "not right now." LoL
Two divorces in 6 months. . .well, there is a saying that goes like this "the third time is the charm!" HeHeHe I have high hopes you will certainly meet and marry your prince charming :-) You truly are an amazing woman and any man would be lucky to have you as his wife and mother of his children, masha'allah.
LoL to what the Imam told you! I can just imagine if that's what was said to me I would crack up laughing right there in front of him! You always know how to put a smile on my face. May Allah reward you, dear. Ameen <3
~XoXo~
Lovely Marie!
ReplyDeleteIt's always so nice to get a comment from you! Thank you so much for keeping me in your prayers. Truly I could not be so strong without all of the amazing people in my life praying for me! I am blessed to have people just like you be a part of my life.
Take care and God bless you, dear <3