KhadijaTeri

Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -

I took the one less traveled by,

and that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost (1874-1963)

US poet

My friend Rasha's grandson. His name is Omar and he is such a sweetie! Mabrouk!

Enough for Me

Enough for me to die on her earth

be buried in her

to melt and vanish into her soil

then sprout forth as a flower

played with by a child from my country.

Enough for me to remain

in my country's embrace

to be in her close as a handful of dust

a sprig of grass

a flower.

Fadwa Tuqan
Palestinian poet (1917 - 2003)

Ibrahim just loves school.... after the initial first week of crying and hanging onto mommy.

Today he ran the last block....

flew into the gate and.....

ran right into his classroom!

I cannot tell you how nice it feels to have Ibrahim in school.

Farwa' b. Naufal reported: I asked 'Aisha about the supplication that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) made. She said that he used to say:

"O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I have done and from the evil of what I have not done."

These beetles make the best pets!

My Breadbasket - photo taken by me August 2004