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Reflections during Travel – Our Journey is written

Whenever I witness my older daughter playing with her friends joyfully, I cannot help but wonder about the kind of

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February 4, 2024 Musings_Admn

To the First-Time Mums

To the first-time mums… When my eldest daughter was 5 months old, I made a big international move. Not knowing

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October 5, 2023 Musings_Admn

Gratitude in Pain – II

I wanted to write about feeling gratitude during pain – that’s when I realized I had already done that: https://mariumsmusings.com/gratitude-in-pain/

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October 5, 2023 Musings_Admn

Dealing with Loss

Loss is a strange thing. It pushes us to the brink of pain. Loss of what we thought was coming our way. Loss of lives

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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

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October 18, 2021 Musings_Admn

Being Handed a Mask

Some time back, I listened to a revert sister sharing her experience of accepting Islam twenty years ago. One thing

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September 28, 2021 Musings_Admn

Food

Food can be a source of nourishment or a distraction. It can contribute to physical and spiritual well-being or adversely

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August 2, 2021 Musings_Admn

Absolute Loneliness

We came into this world alone and we will leave this world alone. However, we do need supportive and sincere

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May 26, 2021 Musings_Admn

Dhul Hijjah

Too many talk suggestions on YouTube, too many status updates and forwarded messages on WhatsApp, too many people talking about

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May 20, 2021 Musings_Admn

This World Hurts

My dear daughter, This world hurts. Sometimes I worry how you would navigate through this life with all the injustice

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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.