The Egyptian's Wife

I am... a Muslim, a mother a wife, a creative but disorganized person. I want... the world to be a safer place for my children, for my child...

So, I wanted to post something in recognition of whoever managed to get here via a google search for breastfeeding Muslim wife. Now, I can o...

So, as one astute reader noted... The long break is due to the fact that the new addition has arrived. A girl, Salmeh, born on Sunday the 4t...

So, in the middle of the changes that are going on in our life... It looks like DH might lose the contract that makes his business possible....

So I have headed into that time where I start to wish I never told anyone my due date... I am ready to have this baby, and I am finding it h...

Soooo, I was fine with the concept that we were buying an old building with 100's of unknowns... And for reasons kinda personal this was...

Every time I tell my DH I can't sleep or complain of some other pregnancy related thing he tells me, "Madesh habibi, a few more day...

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Article Now to be fair, I am a little weary of vaccines in general. And I am no virologist. But, read a book or two ...

We have instituted a new practice in our house... Fun Fridays. Every Friday we go out somewhere or do something fun as a family. Now the one...

Teaching DD modesty is important to me. I don't think you can just spring it on them when they are 12yo and expect them to understand. M...

Must get ready for new baby. Must get house in order. Must get baby stuff cleaned. Must make sure I have any newborn stuff left at all. UGH!...

I was just thinking today that I never really get time to enjoy prayer... There is frequently something else I am thinking of like what I ne...

Have you ever noticed how people close to you can really cut you to the quick when they are mad? Yeah. DH laid into me with some nasty comme...

UmmLayla here reporting from my first week of gluten free kitchen duty. Not as bad as I thought. I got a few books, and I tried to stay focu...

Well, the store opened again today to a big snowy messy afternoon that kept most people inside for the day... But Alhamdulilah, I am happy t...

Well, after a bout with some intestinal upset I hauled my middle child off to the doctor to be tested for Celiacs (gluten intolerance) with ...

I looked this morning and realised I haven't posted in forever. Well, things have been crazy here to say the least. We have moved the st...

I would give anything at this point to have less to do every day. I would love to be able to just stay home with no regard for the clock. I ...

So, since my last posts about the plans for this birth I have had a health concern arise... Namely an abnormal pap followed by finding abnor...

Over time, women in the US have managed to set things right for themselves where men are concerned. They have very well established that the...