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FEATURED Spirituality

December 31, 2021 Musings_Admn

Brokenness

We keep running after this world until it crushes us. We keep deluding ourselves that it’s something in this fleeting

December 4, 2021 Musings_Admn

Unseen Motherhood

“Sab hi paaltay hain, ismein konsi bari baat hai?” “Aise hi tu nai na jannat milti paon talay?” “Humne tu

FEATURED General Spirituality

October 30, 2021 Musings_Admn

Emotional Pain and Dua

Emotional pain takes different forms. It sometimes feels like a crushing boulder on our chests. Sometimes it feels like carrying

FEATURED Motherhood Spirituality

July 10, 2021 Musings_Admn

Motherhood and Identity

It is hard not to take motherhood as one’s “identity”. In the beginning few years of motherhood, it takes most

FEATURED Spirituality

July 2, 2021 Musings_Admn

A Jar of Mixed Nuts

My daughter was eating cashews from a jar of mixed nuts. She loves cashews. All other nuts become invisible to

FEATURED Motherhood Spirituality

June 21, 2021 Musings_Admn

Gratitude in Pain

I was in pain. It was a pain that was invisible to everyone around me, yet it was something I

FEATURED Motherhood Spirituality

May 26, 2021 Musings_Admn

Leaving a Legacy

My daughter’s smile lightens up my day. Seeing her grin from cheek to cheek over a small thing makes me

FEATURED General Motherhood Spirituality

May 26, 2021 Musings_Admn

Life is Play

My daughter was building towers with blocks. Suddenly she decided to bring plastic forks from the kitchen and break the

FEATURED Motherhood Spirituality

May 24, 2021 Musings_Admn

Lessons from Rain

I went out in heavy rain today. It was a mistake. I was constantly worried that my daughter would catch

FEATURED General Motherhood Spirituality

May 21, 2021 Musings_Admn

A Sudden Jolt

It was my daughter’s nap time but she did not want to leave the community center. She wanted to continue

Amidst the one-thousandth time answering, “Ammi (mom), what is this called?”, going through the motions of everyday chores, trying to find exactly two minutes and twenty-nine seconds of uninterrupted downtime, finding that last bit of draining energy to stay calm, there are fleeting moments with a sudden realization that there is meaning to this madness. It is almost as if that time slows down, birds stop chirping, the dryer stops making that tumbling sound and one can see a flash of His Divine Plan unveiled from behind the chaos that often surrounds oneself like scattered dust. Marium’s Musings is an attempt to capture and preserve some of those often random and unexpected flashes of hope and meaning not only for myself and my daughter, but also for anyone who might find some unexpected joy and pause for meaning during their two minutes and twenty-nine seconds of uninterrupted downtime.

Marium lives in London with her husband and two daughters. Alongside trying to run a house and raise a toddler, she is trained in Chemistry and the traditional Islamic sciences, and is now an aspiring writer. She is also an optimist who believes that one day this will all make sense.