Assalamu Alaikum, Peace!

Where do I start? Ive been so extremely busy after the coming of my daughter, Maryam, who is now almost 3months old, I’ve had to give in the blogging a bit. I keep thinking of interesting issues, only to lose it again when I sit in front of the computer to type it down, arrghh!

Motherhood, I totally realize its significance, which I should have realized before from all the hadiths of honor and respect commanded to mothers by the prophet (peace be upon him) and the mention of pregnancy and childbirth by Allah (swt) in the Quran. Anyway, human beings, peculiar creatures, dont intellectually realize something til we experience it. I have come to respect my mother even more now and at every step deeply regret of every having hurt her, if I ever did. May Allah (swt) forgive me. Motherhood is a beautiful and hardworking experience and it requires significant amount of organizational skills, gut feeling and patience. Alhamdulillah, it has the potential to make a woman much more skilled and diligent. And to think I missed the reason behind the emphasis that Islam placed on motherhood. May Allah (swt) guide us muslims~!