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February 2013

February 28, 2013

GrowMama Picks for February 2013

1. Feeding your child alot of junk food? Read this and you may think twice....

February 25, 2013

Flawless Imperfection

It was a dark night, with the moon nowhere to be seen. We were driving...

February 21, 2013

Tackling Temper Tantrums (Part 2)

GrowMama is pleased to share some real life advice from a mom deep in the...

February 18, 2013

Tackling Temper Tantrums (Part 1)

GrowMama is pleased to share some real life advice from a mom deep in the...

February 14, 2013

An Apology Remiss

20 caskets, small and shaped like angels, sublime Souls taken so early, you were still...

February 11, 2013

The Time Has Come to Move

“My dears, the time has come to move.” I still remember the line from The...

February 07, 2013

GrowMama Round Up: Talking to kids about friends with bad influences

A young girl asked her elder female relatives about advice for dealing with friends that...

February 04, 2013

Please Don’t Look Away

My four and half year old daughter Sarina has twinkling brown eyes, beautiful long, black...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

GrowMama Picks for January 2013

1.With the highest reports of the flu in years, and winter still going strong, read...

January 28, 2013

Better Hands than Mine

My Experience with Vaginal Birth after C-Section I had just arrived at my obstetrician’s office...

January 24, 2013

Grow Mama Blast from the Past: The Wait

I baked up a storm and the breads and granolas are stealthily disappearing. I caught...

January 21, 2013

An Ode to the Stay at Home Mom

Many of us chuckled during the blackouts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy when we...

January 17, 2013

A Clean Page

Growing up, I always believed that I would be a writer. I had plenty of...

January 14, 2013

Unsettled

Perhaps it is because of recent events, personal strife or the gloomy winter season- this...

January 07, 2013

My New Best Friend

I want to apologize to my childhood best friend. I hope you are not offended...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

Being the Change

“O ye who believe! Seek help with patient perseverance and prayer; for Allah is with...

December 24, 2012

Home for Christmas

It’s that time of year again, when the snow begins to fall, the sky is...

December 13, 2012

Swinging Through Time

I can hear their laughter. My two oldest sisters are far out in the park,...

December 06, 2012

Sowing the Seeds

When my daughter was born, I did what every mom would do. I made sure...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

What is a Mother to Do?

As a human being, the widespread violence in Gaza is distressing, to say the least. ...

November 22, 2012

Mornings

Maybe it’s the sweetness of daybreak on a cool summer morning; the smell of brewing...

November 20, 2012

A Natural Woman

I just finished reading an interview with Diane von Furstenberg. For those of you not...

November 15, 2012

Three Marbles

“We are looking for the treasure the fairies left for us!" explains an enthusiastic boy...

November 12, 2012

Remembrance

I've have always known that I have a terrible memory. Now, after having two children,...

November 01, 2012

Why I Took my Kids to See the Eid Sacrifice

Last Friday on Eid Al-Adha, Muslims sacrificed an animal by hand in the tradition of...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

What Time Is It?

What time is it? I ask my son for the umpteenth time. I’m counting every...

October 15, 2012

Heartbreak

You know that feeling. That once in a while feeling that "I've got this under...

October 08, 2012

Mama’s New Role

It is the first time I am taking her out. I am nervous how she...

October 01, 2012

Allah’s Reassurance

A couple of weeks ago as I was skimming through the Huffington Post, I came...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

A Mother’s Protest

I have been watching in dismay at the response of some Muslims worldwide to the...