Hey Precious Friends!
Hope reading the best pages from the beautiful book of your lovely life :)
I am fine and weather is gorgeously pleasant. My garden is looking splendid with much grown grass which i could not cut this year due to extreme hot weather .
And now i am happy about the look garden has with thickly grown grass .
Last day i attended the Aqiqah ceremony . One of the niece of my husband arranged it for her first baby girl.
I first time visited her home since she got married one year ago and moved to live with her husband and inlaws.
Aqiqah is event that Muslims celebrate as pay gratitude and to introduce the baby to family .
There is feast and refreshment with happy family gatherings .
When i arrived though i was considering myself late but i saw only few guests reached till then. It annoys me when events are not starts at time given but i am still trying to be get used to it , Lady sitting beside me was from village near our city .I found her so quiet so i started to talk to her . she was married for ten years but she had no child . Each time her baby was born dead and she told it happened six times .Her story made me sad . but i was glad i met her . I tried to cheer her up with words of faith and hope.
This room belonged to the wife of the brother of niece 's husband. Room was big and cooling system was good. everybody was in hurry to get dress before event starts .Event was going to take place at home instead rented hall,it was decision of the inlaws of niece
the little girl was totally unaware of people's worries and was sleeping peacefully :) She looked just like her mother :)
Slowly family ladies were getting ready along with chat and search for their things that sometime seemed to lost and were needed urgently so they can be ready :) I kept smiling on these moves and talks and snapped once in while
Little girl opened her eyes and looked around for while but i swung her smoothly in my lap and she went back into her dreamy world :) she was so adorable by the grace of Lord !
chatter and laughter are best part of such simpler gatherings , i find hall gathering bit boring where everybody stay firmly straight so everyone can see clothing and jewelry . people hardly mix as freely with each other but not not necessarily all time it happens .if one is lucky to get seat with close friends or relatives thing are different . Fortunately i never found hard to be friendly no matter who is front of me :)
in the mid another niece of my husband ,she is sweet ,caring daughter ,loving wife and responsible mother ,i am fond of her attitude and the way she thinks about the education of her kids
when ladies of family got ready we got down from the upper story and came to the room that was given to niece .there were lots of guests family friends and relatives ,number kept increasing but many left soon after sitting for while who were from surroundings .
Girl sitting with me is sister of one of the wife to hubby's brother .she reminded me that we met two times before and i was embarrass that i took time to recall it .
on left a wife of my husband's brother on right eldest sister of my husband .she was not well but still she came from village quite far
noise awake the baby and she did not look much happy at first sight but thankfully she was content with feeding and then played in her rocker quietly
niece and her newly wed sister in law (wife to her brother)
all cousins were happy to be together , on right the wife of niece 's second brother looked sad though ,her husband has gone to Saudi Arabia for earning purpose but she did not seemed agreed to this decision as he was having good earning here too and time for family according to her . i hugged her and tried to give her strength with my words which were only thing in my control .the smiling girl in grey beside the sad girl has recently survived from cancer . i was glad to see that her well as treatment was over and she was perfectly fine by the grace of God !
i sat there for almost three hours and then came back though there was part of event remaining in which baby was taken under different happy rituals .All guests gave money to mother of baby as gift including me .
I am not fond of being among much people but when it comes to family i love to attend their events and enjoy their company thoroughly :)
Specially when it happens after long break i have fun to be with familiar faces glowing with happiness and cherishing sense of friendship :)
I think our Creator want us to be close to each other once in while so we can know each other well and share love for each other and such traditions are way to do so .
Thank you so much for bearing always with love and responding with kindness and sweet words , i am thankful as it means lot to me !!!
wishing you all a happy ,healthy peaceful life my dear friends!
Stay strong and positive always !