Hello. How are you? I miss you. I won’t lie. These last few days have been gloomy for me with what’s happening back home making me miss friends and family even more. It’s only natural to feel beaten. We are only human after all. I find myself looking to others for strength and comfort that better days will come when the clouds clear. I realise more and more that we need each other even more than ever to pull each other up when we may slip into darkness. When I first made my hijra to be with my husband, I knew no one. Now I feel blessed to be graced by the few friends that I have made here in the UAE especially these 3 ladies who make me laugh and remind me that laughter is the best medicine. I miss my friends back home and our spontaneous adventures but I’m sure that these friends of mine will also be their friends one day when they finally make that trip to visit me as we had always planned all along. This I can’t wait for! It’s going to fantastic! Presently going into the new Islamic year, I am grateful for these friendships in my life and the chance to perhaps bring some light into another’s person’s life as they have in mine. May He always preserve these friendships that I have in my life and may He protect them all as well as their loved ones from any sadness or calamities inshallah. Call it melancholy, call it pensiveness, my precious friends whenever you are around the world, thank you for being there for me and checking in on me every now and then, I always hope to be able to return the favour. Remember I’m just a message away. I love you so much Lillahi Taala. “Try to have as many as possible true friends, for they are the supplies in joy and the shelters in misfortunes.” (Bihar-ul-Anwar) #SalamMaalHijrah1443h #ADashOfSash❤️ #CommittedToTheCelopians #DiaryOfADevotedDomesticatedDabawi #TheElusiveFairytaleOfTheHalfBloodPrincessSayang

POV you’re watching me from your magic mirror but all you see is me immersed in pensiveness. Also sharing my new favourite @spotify classical playlist. 🔥

A few things that are making me really quite content: 1. Really comfortable PJs. When I say comfortable, I mean sleeping in a cloud butt-naked comfortable. I’ve completely lost the will to go out. @tanicomfort 2. Really cute book covers, perfect for the klutz that I am. Protect printed books at all cost, it just ain’t the same with a tablet . @booksazone 3. The book inside the cover- Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire. A slightly grim read but hey it’s not any better IRL. I might as well make the most out of my perpetual pensiveness and hope it gets my creative juices flowing....