Every year for the past 4-5 years, I have shared a photo story of Anya's birthday. This one is for her 6th birthday with an excerpt from the letter I wrote to her the night before her big day. Good Morning baby girl. It's finally here, the day you have been waiting for.. You are 6! Alhamdullilah. This [...]
Happy Birthday to my best friend of almost two decades and one of the most positive inspirations around me. Any day that involves our '5 minute'(or not) phone call is almost certain to go much better than the ones when we don't get to talk. From being our awkward teenager selves (mostly me, since she [...]
What a week it has been! Just a few days ago, even on the day of the elections I thought about how exciting it will be for my little girl to see a woman president. Despite the fear of what the opposite happening could mean, I think most of us felt THAT sure of the outcome. And then on Tuesday [...]
Sweet readers, I'm just stopping by here today to let you all know that I am in an odd place right now where I'm finding it super-overwhelming to keep up with my blog. I have lots of half-written posts and ideas in my head that I'm not able to follow through and that leaves me [...]
As per tradition now, a photo story of the day you turned 5. Your baba and I stayed up the night before to blow up these balloons for you to wake up to on your big day. Waking up the next day, super excited to be turning 5. A little post-breakfast celebration in the form [...]
It was close to sunset when we left our place but made for some beautiful views of Mt Rainier on the way. Arriving after dark and Anya's excitement at staying in a 'hotel' Skamania Lodge on the border of WA and OR states where we were staying. I bought a last minute Groupon for this [...]
Found this in my letters to Anya from two years ago, “It is 2.30 am, 19th Feb 2014, you're 3 years old. I want to stop time, I want to go back. That baby smell, those chubby rolls. I want time to go on, see you grow and discover and learn, see the world through [...]
The month began with us taking a little road trip to the Columbia RIver Gorge area. (More photos in a later post) After we attended a Kindergarten informational for our school district, it hit me that we just have a few months left where Anya gets to spend most of her day with me. And [...]
Hey lovelies I have a special treat for you lucky guys today. Ever since I first walked into Ayesha's house years ago, I have been inspired by how beautifully she makes a house feel like home and I am so excited to be able to share her little girl's nursery today. Ayesha is a design [...]
On January 19th, it was 4 years since the death of my dad and the first time when I was not with my mom and sisters on the date. I had bought this journal a few years ago and sat down this month to finally print out all of the messages and memories that have [...]
