Hello and Salaams!

This page had been revised and edited for inclusion in my brand new book, Finding Peace Through Prayer and Love, published by Beacon Books!

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Peace and Love,

Sidra Ansari

PS To help me on my journey to enoughism I will write down 3 things I am grateful for at the end of each post. These are:

1. Sleeping with my babies!  Having read the above mentioned book over 12 years ago now, I’ve always been an advocate of co-sleeping, or sleeping with the baby.  I am very grateful to report that after the first few weeks of twilight feeding and nappy-changing, the babies’ antics haven’t managed to wake me up (much!) in the first few years of their lives. Of course, the decision to breastfeed made this easier but I have seen bottle-fed babies sleep more soundly due to co-sleeping too. (Rather than venture downstairs at night, the mother would keep hot water in a flask by her bed and then mix it up with formula to feed the baby when he woke).
2. Mr Chef and Mr Biryani used to wake up at 6.30am every morning for a few years so, more often than not, I managed an energising afternoon nap when my children were all young. Therefore the second thing I’m grateful for this week are cosy afternoon naps!
3. The library.  Today I took my third trip to the library these holidays and I’m so grateful for the free books! (hehe) and the fantastic escapism a room full of books represents to the children.  We also managed a visit to Birmingham Central Library, which I hadn’t even been in properly since the refurbishment, and spent an afternoon there.  Loved it. There’s something about the vast amount of knowledge literally at our fingertips in there that inspires awe and wonder. May we all be a people who take our children to libraries. Ameen.

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