Touché

On the phone with my mama: Me: Did you get my e-mail? Mom: Yeah, I started to read it, but then someone came into the room, so I had to minimize it. Me: Classic work move. We’ve all been there. Mom: No, I learned that from you! That’s what you used to do when I [...]

This further supports my theory that I’m adopted

On the phone with my mom: Me: She’s like my age, like 27, and she… Mom: What? You’re 27? Me: Yeah. Mom: Since when? Me: Since October. Mom: Oh, I thought you were 24. And, SHE BIRTHED ME. Or did she?

I thought I left this part of me back in 2010

While playing a game on my cell phone: Me: I’m the high score, 160! Here, your turn. Uzma: plays game Uzma: Times up. Me: Wha’d you get? Uzma: 167. Me: Oh man, you beat me by three!

Trying to plan it all at 21

Salams Sabrina, I’m 21 years old and unmarried. I’m going to professional school for four years, and by the time I’m out, I’ll be 25. I feel like I’ll be too old for marriage, because ideally, I want to get married and then have at least two to four years without kids. If I use [...]

Feeling abandoned after sister’s engagement

Salam Sabrina, My sister just recently got engaged and I am finding it quite hard to cope with the changes going on. Don’t get me wrong, the guy is great, everyone loves him [and] I think he’s the perfect match for my sister. I’m extremely happy for them both. But whenever he’s around, and after [...]

charity: water, the Thermos Hydration Bottle

My sister, Uzma and BIL sent The Boss and me these water bottles last month. They’re the Thermos Hydration Bottle from The Charity: water Collection. charity: water is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring clean and safe drinking water to developing nations, and 100 percent of public donations, made directly through the site, [...]

A study in Beef Jerky

A few weeks ago, while at the local halal store, The Boss and I found Beef Jerky. Halal Beef Jerky. As in, OH-MY-GOD-I-HAVEN’T-EATEN-BEEF-JERKY-SINCE-I-WAS-TEN-YEARS-OLD(!) Beef Jerky. I nearly shed a tear. I started eating halal, or zabiha meat my sophomore year in high school, which essentially eliminated All Things Delicious from my diet until slightly later [...]

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