This year is different because it’s just me and the kids. Their dad’s away earning. Today is also the first day of the new school term. EJ is in standard 2IB and MJ in standard 6IK. Work gets hectic with travelling up to 3 hours a day to and fro office on a normal day. I left at 4pm today and reached by 5pm. Took an hour to run errands and thereafter cooked dinner while kids were ferried back by Puteri, a transport from school I subscribed so that I need not rush and to always stay on top of traffic and things this month.
At precisely 7.25pm we had homecooked dinner followed by maghrib together, some catchup about school and then Quran & Iqra reading with the kids.
Understandably both kids were tired from school so they had supper, arranged bags for school, ironed their uniforms and to bed.
I had my most essential quiet time. Something very important after the very busy day using many hats. While writing this I contemplated the day and the month of fasting. Am I able to cope? A full time job, a part time job which hasn’t yet fruited but is taking much time, a full time mom commitment. Would rather this month be a retreat from life into a vocation of patience, piety, love, forgiveness and care… perhaps spiritual self care is of utmost importance now where physical self care comes after commitments.
May this Ramadan be blessed. Ramadan Mubarak
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