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December 2016

December 23, 2016

Holly Jolly Muslim

When I married my husband, people were very happy for us alhamdulillah, but as my...

April 2015

April 14, 2015

Scrambled Eggs, Bubblegum, and Sex

This morning, over a relaxing weekend breakfast of scrambled eggs...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

On Being a Woman Without Children: Advice to Mothers and Others

As I sit down to write my thoughts and reflections, I pause to think, where...

July 2014

July 14, 2014

Pick Up Your Broken Heart

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, declared that indeed, “The Muslim Ummah is...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

GrowMama Blast from the Past: Drawing a Hadith

I recently moved a bookshelf into my kitchen, so that the children could have easy...

February 2013

February 04, 2013

Please Don’t Look Away

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

December 2012

December 03, 2012

GrowBaba Spotlight: A Letter to My Unconceived Child

In the Name of Allah, The All-Merciful, The Giver of Mercy Lord, I have dedicated...

October 2012

October 15, 2012

Heartbreak

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

September 2012

September 19, 2012

A Mother’s Protest

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

September 02, 2011

Multi-schooling

“O Humanity. Behold, We have created you out of a male and female, and have...

August 2011

August 21, 2011

By Heart

It was a peaceful night last night. Besides for my munchkin being fast asleep, I...

August 09, 2011

Growmama Roundup: How To Train Children To Fast

We asked two of our Growmama writers to share with us how they train their children...

July 2011

July 21, 2011

Ramadan: A Month of Reflection and Renewal for the Soul

A month of fasting from all food and drink from sunrise to sunset may not...

July 14, 2011

Children of Heaven: A Movie Review

When my husband travels, my children and I have an evening ritual called “cozy nights.”...

July 11, 2011

A Day at the Park

There are days when the human spirit cannot be confined to walls and gadgetry. It...

July 04, 2011

Dandelion Parenting

Many years ago when I was in college, I was pregnant. It was in a...

June 2011

June 27, 2011

Nursing vs. Pumping

Before I ever got pregnant, I always thought that nursing a precious baby was one...

June 23, 2011

Sadness, Depression, and Prophet Musa (as)

I was sitting at home a while ago, the third day into the Snowmageddon of...

June 20, 2011

Implementing Qur’anic Verses and Ahadith

We asked some of our GrowMama writers to share a hadith or aya from the Qur'an...

June 16, 2011

The Little Gremlin

I always used to drive really fast; much faster than the speed limit. Driving was...

June 13, 2011

Blissful Moments

What is the meaning of joy? Does it mean you can eat ice cream all...

June 09, 2011

My Lovey

I had finished praying magrib, and began to unwrap my headscarf. “Sunnah mama?” Maryam asked....

April 2011

April 11, 2011

The “D” word

It feels like drowning in the dark, and you don't know how to swim. Sometimes...

April 08, 2011

To Him we belong, and to Him is our return.

Being pregnant was a surreal experience for me. I had never liked pets. You probably...

April 04, 2011

A Gallon of Milk Means Love

Last night was movie night in our house. We were camped on on the bed,...

April 01, 2011

Pause

If I interrupt this silent reverence With a hurry up, come, what do you see?...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

The Paper Boy

It was near the end of last summer when my son Mahmood, then eleven years...

March 24, 2011

Jannah

Tears streamed down my little ones eyes as they said goodbye to their grandparents yet...

March 20, 2011

Then it Struck me: I am reborn…

Since my son has opened his eyes to the new, blurry to his eyes, world,...

March 10, 2011

Remembering the Goal

Before getting married, marriage was all we thought about. We thought about it while attending...