Ramadan Special

In recent year, this was my ‘best’ Ramadan – relatively speaking of course . Personally, this Ramadan was satisfying at various levels. I was spiritually more inclined to make a conscious effort in doing an act of worship. I would engage in remembrance (‘Zikr’) and devote some time for self-reflection (meditation). Prayed 5 times a day, did not miss a single fast. But…there’s always a but…I didn’t do much Tarawaeh.

My biggest achievement was the first 2 weeks of Ramadan, my wife was away for work and I not only had to arrange for my own Suhoor (early morning meal) and Iftar (breaking fast) but had to take care of my kids! It seemed daunting but made it through! The Ramadan ‘barakah’ helped :)

This Ramadan, for the first time I played squash while fasting! Yes! I played 6-7 times during the month – some games while fasting and some encounters after breaking fast. I did loose weight if that was the obvious outcome of fasting and high-intensity cardio.

This Ramadan, I was able to land a contractual employment right after my previous engagement ceased. Thankfully did not had to wait long for my next assignment as I was fearing the ‘off season’ job market will make me a ‘House Husband’ lol. Hey, nothing wrong with that ! (had to write that as my wife reads this)

Lastly, we were able to sell our place this Ramadan. Our house was on the market for couple of months which was way unusual for a property and location like ours (modestly speaking of course). The overall market dynamics of darkening economic clouds and polar-vortex weather made us wait little longer for much our liking. But as they say – everything happens at its own correct time.  On the flip side , we were also able to find our ‘dream’ house which seemed inconceivable given we had huge want/need/wish list with a limited budget – we made our agent show us houses in Mississauga, Milton , Oakville and Georgetown – yep – we were all over the place. Miraculously, we found one that fulfilled our criteria in our dream location – Oakville. The barakah of Ramadan ensued.

May Allah accept our prayers and shower his blessings and mercy always. Amen !