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March 2013

March 06, 2013

Snow Day in Autism Land

The bus is not coming today, and there will be no Wednesday afternoon swimming after...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

What We Can (and Must) Learn from Each Other

It’s a conversation I remember vividly, last April, standing outside Lil D’s school after I...

February 22, 2013

Growing His Voice

Every morning the routine is the same – I get up about 30 minutes before...

February 20, 2013

Holding on to ‘Himaat’ in Autism Land

In Urdu there is a word called himaat, and the best I can explain it...

February 11, 2013

Lessons from the Pope’s Resignation – None of Us are Indispensable

Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation today. And I immediately thought two things – how...

February 08, 2013

I Hit (and Scream, Pinch, Bite, Kick, Cry or Drop) for a Reason

I am often stressed by the sheer number of decisions I make for Lil D;...

February 04, 2013

#MyJihad, for Two Children, is Anchored in Brotherly Love and Loss. What’s Yours?

Amir and Amal don’t know each other. But if they ever meet, they will discover...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

The First Loose Tooth

Hamza came home from school crying yesterday. The cause? His first loose tooth. “Mamma, it’s...

January 22, 2013

Recovering His Voice

I prayed two rakat shukrani – that’s a short, extra prayer Muslims do when they...

January 18, 2013

Fighting for His Voice

Whenever I lost something, my parents taught me to immediately utter the du’a (prayer), Innal...

January 16, 2013

Losing His Voice

Ever lost your voice to a bout of laryngitis? It’s pretty frustrating not to be...

January 14, 2013

Sometimes All You Can Do is Live in the Moment

As the moments pass, as things happen, I can hear the words unfurl in my...

January 07, 2013

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Growing up, I can only recall one time when my parents left us in the...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

My Jihad is Autism, Faith and Everything In Between. What’s Yours?

What’s your jihad? Mine is autism awareness and living with autism. My jihad is my...

December 20, 2012

Don’t Let Newtown’s Tragedy become an Autism Backlash

The early morning scramble to get the kids up, dressed, fed, and out the door...

December 10, 2012

I Wish I Were an Only Child

On Saturday night, when we were walking the lighted paths of our local botanical garden,...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

So Tonight That I Might Sleep

Hamza went to bed first, under protest as usual, clomping up the stairs, followed by...

November 26, 2012

The Epilogue – The RV Adventure and a Life Worth Living

The kids are back in school and adults are back at work. And many parents...

November 20, 2012

Seeking Family Togetherness – RV Style

The scene playing out behind me captures a portrait of what our family is –...

November 07, 2012

I Want ‘More’

You ever have those moments where your love for your children surges up like a...

November 05, 2012

It’s Never As Simple as Just Putting On Shoes

Life rages on outside, with hurricanes and elections and continued violence in Syria. But the...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

The Hardest Hajj Lesson of All

I sit at the dinner table and watched my kids eat. Lil D, grasping a...

October 18, 2012

Reflecting on the Holy Days, the Year of Autism, and One Resolution

Has it been a year already? Yes, one year has passed since witnessing the extraordinary miracle that...

October 15, 2012

I Don’t Know – Three Bad Words in Autism Land

I think, today at least, that the three most frustrating words in Autism Land for...

October 10, 2012

The Gandhi of Autism

After all the kids came home from school yesterday, after we got through the first...

October 03, 2012

The Long (Bus) Ride Home

Amongst the many, many prayers I say in my daily salat and scatter throughout the...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Finding His Voice

“Two roads diverged in a woods, and I, I took the one less traveled by,...

September 14, 2012

Realizing How Good We’ve Got It

It has always been a pet peeve and a weakness, of mine that when things...

September 09, 2012

Out of the Mouths of Babes

We’re having Sunday morning conversation at our house, as my three kiddos (for once) sit...

September 05, 2012

Necessary Discussions in Autism Land

Between discussions with my daughter about who are her new classmates or if the zippered...