Ramadan 2020 Mubarak!

I've been blessed with the opportunity to live through another Ramadan. As always I'm very excited about the peaceful vibes and the delicious food and the traditional Ramadan vibes. As always I'm also fearing the migraines and tummy troubles that I unfortunately end up with! It's always me, isn't it?! This year Ramadan feels more important and more needed than ever.

Several reasons why I say that. First of all there are going to be some HUGE changes in my family. My brother has decided to move out which means my nieces will be moving. I love them way too much, as anybody who follows me on my blog or social media would already know. They're not just nieces - they're my own babies, my own kids, my best friends, my life. I'm super excited that they'll be moving to a beautiful new place but also feeling uneasy about there being a bit of distance between us. I spend the entire day with them - literally, from morning to night time - and without them I have no idea how my days will change. Good thing is we're going to be neighbors and they'll be just on the next street. But I'll still miss them immensely. This Ramadan is basically their last few days living under one roof with me so this Ramadan means a tonne to me for that reason. I have to make the most of every moment.

Second reason is the whole Corona situation. Now, more than ever, I need to feel as much spiritual connect as possible so I can pray for the world to heal with all my might. It's a blessed month and I'm sure my prayers will not go unheard. There is so much despair and hopelessness ... I need Ramadan as my shield - I need it for my heart. There's a strange kind of unrest somewhere in my heart and I am hoping Ramadan will ease it for me. And that takes me to my third reason. I'm hurt. My heart is. People very very close to me have hurt me so terribly it has left this permanent hole somewhere in my body. Not one, not two ... several people I have loved have been terrible to me lately and it feels disastrous inside my heart and mind. I really need Ramadan to try and fix that. I need it to ask God to help me even more than He usually does.

So here I am, wishing everyone who observes Ramadan a very very very awesome month! Count your blessings, not your problems. While the latter may seem to be many more in number, trust me, they mostly aren't. Even if they are, they can't be bigger than that awesome God sitting somewhere up there in the Heavens, looking down at you, and getting ready to take care of you. He's there for me and I know it and I'll take Ramadan as a blessed opportunity to tell Him all my problems and then let Him fix them one by one!

Have a great Ramadan everyone!

XoXo