I’ve known a few of the shajarah tayyibah sisters for awhile - and w’Allahi, I so love them for the sake of Allah SWT.  A dedicated, loyal group - they’ve been at it for 10 years and in our time of “here today, gone tomorrow,” it just goes to show …

She calls herself the “multi-tasking queen”. I call her delusional.

Try saying that five times fast

The other day, a sister I’ll call Salma (just because it sounds good in a tongue twister) came to meet me, practically in tears.

Young Wajih is an Islamic School teacher’s worst nightmare. He’s also the one in her class that she loves the most.

I had been ignoring the warning signs until they became so glaringly apparent that I could deny them no longer.  It finally happened.  I should have known it was coming, should have prepared, but instead I chose to turn a blind eye and a deaf (due to infection) ear (or …