A few updates: Journey and other “books”

Oh, sigh. Where to begin. So, I’ve been working on two books. One of which you guys have seen being Weblished incrementally in this space since 2009. It’s called The Journey Within, and I’ve published 10 parts here already. The other book I’m writing…wait a second. Do I need to use quotes every time I [...]

The Journey Within: Part 10

This is part 10 of my memoir, The Journey Within, that I started writing in this space in 2009. Today’s installment of Journey marks the 2,000th post published on Slice of Lemon.com! Thank you all for your support! __________________________________________________________________________________ When I was growing up, I was aware that I was Muslim, but it was more [...]

The Journey Within: Part 9

I sat at my computer in my mom’s basement, near certain I hadn’t blinked in at least an hour. I kept reading the same sentence back to myself — editing it, deleting it, rewriting it, and then deleting it again. My e-mail was mostly done, but it still didn’t sound right. I wanted it to [...]

The Journey Within: Part 8

I tossed and turned in my bed again, the feeling of suffocation that had become too familiar at nightfall began slowly moving its way from my stomach to my chest. I didn’t know how much longer my body could go on like this – it had been nearly eight days since I slept more than [...]

The Journey Within: Part 7

“If I draw this, do you know what it is?” my uncle, Yawar asked, using his finger to draw a stick figure into the fibers of the carpet. Uzma and I were huddled around him, sitting cross-legged on the floor in his living room. Yawar uncle and his wife lived in a part of India [...]

The Journey Within: Part 6

I watched carefully as Mrs. Haynes paced across the room, stopping only momentarily to write something on the blackboard without losing her train of thought. She was tall, slightly heavy, and her hips swung in a silent rhythm as she moved passed each student’s desk. Her hair was a short bob of tightly wrung curls [...]

The Journey Within: Part 5

My classes were done for the day, and I walked into my dorm room eager to count down the days until our trip to India. The last time we visited my mom’s family was in 1995, and to think that we’d be back after nearly eight years was my only motivation to study for finals. [...]

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