From Islamabad Sharing My Life

Hello Sweethearts🥰

Hope and pray that everyone is doing well by the grace of God!!!

We arrived in Islamabad on 12th June. Apartment rented by eldest son for us was a pleasant surprise 🤗

We all loved the coziness it offered but the most beautiful thing was view we were able to see from the glass wall 🥰🤗👍

Yes my most favourite thing,the foothills of Himalayan mountains that are called margalla hills here were lying lazily before when we removed the curtain 😍

Weather is nice with far better temperatures than our khairpur city ( 30 plus with highs and lows) though it hasn’t rained since we came but rains in higher parts are bringing relief thankfully 🙏

We got back from my native village after two days stay which was full of fun and family gatherings 🤗♥️ we also did some light hiking after sunrise yesterday that seemed quite lovely 🥹🥰

Sharing some pics of the apartment and few glimpses from hiking.

Nostalgia is magical recreation of  beautiful moments of past that refill your soul with long gone joys and energy 🥹🥰♥️

While standing on the hills and looking at lush fields below was certainly an uplifting and spiritual experience 🥰

I took these photos on the day we arrived at apartment and hills welcomed us quietly and smilingly 🤗

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Hey precious friends the best news of my life came from my eldest son who moved into his new home which he has just bought 🥹🥰♥️🙏 by the grace of kind God he is progressing  slowly towards the point of settling down in family life and we are waiting for this with our hearts full of prayers 🙏🙏🙏🥰♥️

Thank you so much for your support and love dear friends ♥️♥️♥️🙏

I will be visiting you now soon hopefully 🤞 

Thinking of you all with heart full of best wishes and prayers 🥰🙏♥️

Health peace and happiness to you all and to all you love 🙏🥰♥️🌸☘️🌺🌹💐♥️♥️♥️

 

Happy Eid Happy Anniversary !

 

A heartfelt Happy Eid to you Dear Friends!

  sorry for being  little absent  as we are quite busy with Eid Ul Adha  celebrations such as having visitors and visiting others . We had some nice quality time with our eldest son as on Eid day which for which we felt really grateful !!!!

I will be visiting my in laws today .Hubby too has few commitments with his friends . We are starting packing for our coming travel to Islamabad on 11th of the June . So sending you much love and best wishes!!!!! 

i will get back once arrived and settled in our apartment thHugs!ere hopefully! Keeping you all in my thoughts ,please keep us in yours too! 

I made this Hinna art on night before Eid  because younger son had lots of friends sitting in guest room . i did with my left hand , it looked nice then but on second day after washing lots of dishes it looks like this lol 

     we never forget to take photo on Eid morning to share it with our eldest son as he asks us to do so :)

Our unhealthy breakfast on Eid morning lol which is okay for one day carelessness that we can afford :) 

Eldest son has celebrated their first date anniversary last week so he shared this lovely image with us :)

Health ,Peace and Happiness to you all and to all you love precious people!!!!

Journey Of. Will (poem by me) Repost From 2017

Journey Of Will ! (poem)

  Sitting  in  the  room,   with  darkened   silence  


  Protecting   herself,   from   outer  violence

 

                                                   

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  She  was   shivering,   with   lack  of  hope 

  As  about  to  slip,  in  the  well  of  dope

  Threaten   by ,   each  tiny   move 
   
   Broken   by , numerous   groove  

   Very   smoothly ,  driving  her  nuts 

   Dancing   around   her  "ifs"  and  "buts"


   "If  i  will   open,  window  or  door "

   "Wild  weather ,   will   crush   my  core "


    Rain   stopped  and   sun   came  out  

   Time  to  cheer,  and  wander  about 

   Opened  window,   and  peeked   through 

   Sense   of  joy ,     must  be  grow  
    
   Oh  my  ,it's ,   windy   and  cold  

    I   can't    fit,  in    this     mould 

  Day   got   warm , chilled  and  breezy 

   Under   blue,   walking  was  easy  


   Now  she   was,  upset    by  noise  


  Bunch   of   crows  making  it  rise 

   "Oh  they  will  scratch   my   nerves"

    "Can't  be   focus  to  see  or  observe "

  Closed   the  window   and  hold   the  book 

  But  inside  ,something  still  so   crook 


 Banging   head  like   ruthless  hammer  

 From   the  tap, it  was  dropping   water 


 Left   the  book   and  hold   her   head 


 Injured  her , hit   of   drops    so  bad


  Laid   down,  with   withered  breath 

  
  Pillow   drank,    her    flowing    tears


   Dipped   in,  despair   and    fears  

   
   Then   she  felt   pain   in    chest  

    Death  howled ,  upon  the  heart's  nest


   Once   it  seemed   that   she  was  sunken


    From   the    nest   bird  was    taken  


    But  it  was ,     just   a   gust  


    Within    which ,   wish  of   Life    busted 


     After   hours , when  got   to   sense  


    Pearls   of   peace,,  shine   immense 
   
      
   Opened    eyes,  and   looked   around  


   Everything,     Freshening     sound


   Took   a   Deep,  and   Serene   breath!

    Got   up ,  with    Peace  so...    deep!


    Felt  new ,  Strength   in  her   Being!

    
    On  the  lips  ,slight   smile  playing :)

   As   "Life "  for  her   was  Calling !


  As   she   was  ready   for   walking!

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  Since   then   she   is   Sage !


   Freed   herself   from  every   Cage!


   Nothing   bothers ,  her    anymore   

   She  has  Opened  Soul's  Door !


   Towards   Heaven,   of   Positive   thoughts !


   Blown  away,   all   negative  knots


     Singing   now   a  Happy  Song !!!


    She   enjoys   whatever   come  along!

The Stuff Of My Life

 Hey lovely souls 🥰

Hope having blessed season with beautiful day !

Our heat ( feels like 46) has knocked us down totally. Rains and thunderstorms have been reported from various parts of the country  this week but our Sindh province and small city Khairpur are coping with dreadful dry weather.  When it was raining all over the country we had strange dark brown clouds on the sky for one week laden with sand instead which showered throughout the week upon us 😏

I am not complaining just sharing the situation. Due to extreme heat people use air conditioning more which makes the wiring system overheated and transformers give up by exploding. We lost power for two days and when we got it back the voltage was down to support air conditioner. Hubby’s nephew who is electrician fixed the problem on fourth day. We got very less sleep meanwhile .

I tried to stay positive while my senses were trying to escape the reality during house chores. It’s challenging I mean really challenging 😂

What helps me to stay up meanwhile?  My long term (13 years) meditation over holy book.  Yes when nothing else works the repetition of some holy verses gives me strength because when I start reciting them I feel a strong wave of energy rising within me like light entering in the darkness and everything seems bearable surprisingly 🥹🙏

Today hubby brought home loads of files that he will be needing for the process of retirement paper work. He got two days to his retirement. He told that he will be given the farewell party on Saturday🥰

I often asked him how it feels to be retired? He smiles gently and says nothing special,everything is part of the life. He is always deep ,quiet and to the point 😊 I am grateful for I could find opportunity to spend life with him. I thankfully many times told him on different occasions that “ it was really nice to meet you “ 🥹🥰

We will be leaving for Islamabad in two weeks hopefully. Looking forward to place where we can exist without tooooo much sweat 😭😅.

Eldest son has booked an Airbnb apartment for us for two months! He is very caring son undoubtedly and we are really grateful to have him 🙏🥰

Best thing he did for me as mom is he has offered some kind of internship training to his younger brother. And therefore younger son can stay with us for whole two months 🥹 Otherwise he would have to return to Karachi to engage with his classmates in Final Year Project in university. I feel very happy,peaceful and thankful for providing us this time period with our younger son . I can’t help missing them despite all the understanding of life and everything ☹️

Thank you so much for being with me dear friends and thank you more for sweet encouraging words which enlighten my heart always 🥰

Thinking of you all with heart full of best wishes and prayers 🙏

Health, and happiness to you all and to all you love ❤️ 

Heat , Nicotine ,Spray And Mustansar Hussain Tarar

 

Hello Dear Friends 🥰

Hope all of you are having blissful times!

First of all heartfelt thank you for your kind comments on my previous post 🥹🥰♥️ your encouragement is my strength 🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️

We are going through extremely hot weather these days. It’s 11am and temperature is 40 Celsius.you can imagine the rise of temperature as sun moves further throughout the day 😭 . Sometimes I doubt if I have lost my ability to bear heat or summer seems has been really bothering overall for all over the world. Anyway for the first time I feel that I am suffering because of heat which seems to filled in the environment like air in the balloon and pressurising us when move around.It’s bad. 

Good thing that despite that burning pressure I am able to do my house chores even when hubby yells at me to stop trying to get sick 😅

I have shared in my prior to the previous post that in my opinion drinking tea excessively from early teenage has weakened my bones. I thought so because my elders,mom particularly and  later in life hubby would forbid me to do so . They would say that taking too much tea is harmful to overall health. We didn’t have internet then to verify the fact quickly. Even when we got internet few years ago idea of checking it didn’t cross my mind. Somedays ago when I was asking my younger son to stay cautious about the tea consumption he immediately checked and said that you are right about not taking tea right after meals but see there is a really little amount of nicotine in the tea 0.7 mcg which is not dangerous at all unless you are excessive drinker . 

I felt little relieved honestly. Also embarrassed that why I couldn’t check it earlier. One thing I forgot to ask you friends that  have you too been drinking tea which had nicotine ???

Can you share that how many cups of tea you would took in young age and have you reduced the amount now ??

Another question that I forget to ask you in winter mild season , that do you use spray for flies and mosquitoes inside or outside? Do you have to mask before doing so because it hurts your nose and throat immediately???

We have changed many sprays but none have been harmless to us. Each time eldest son asks before coming home that what he should bring for me and I don’t say anything. But I think I will ask him to bring some vitamins and sprays next time hopefully 😅

 When extreme heat dims the mind and I am unable to read in spare time I watch some knowledgeable videos . Last week I found our very famous and one of the most popular writer Mustansar Hussain Tarar ‘s conversation at the art council on his latest book inauguration. He has written around 70 books among them majority is translated into English language. Some of his works are being taught in Masco university since thirty years. If you are interested to know more you can check details Here .  Watching him after long time made me feel nostalgic because I had read few of his books in my school library. About thirty seven years back he has hosted first morning show on national television which made him popular in remote areas to the common people who were unfamiliar with his written works.This also made me realise that I should buy Urdu literature books as well that bring back the memories of my old days full of reading 😊 

I think this is enough for now. I have to go to the kitchen to make lunch. Keep me in prayers so I can get back to the room walking on my feet and not getting faint with heat 😂

Sending you all heartfelt best wishes and love ❤️ 

Stay blessed every moment amen 🥰🙏

Blank (Poem)

 Fresh new sun when knocked at door 

Another day appeared with list of chores 

Here starts the race of time 

Everyday life's random rhyme 

Clock is ticking like bugle sound 

I  ignore by go round and round 

Sweet or sour is life's pickle 

Tasting  it   is   inevitable 

Hasting around the household maze 

I could hold the blogging trace 

But when sat with my laptop 

Shaky thoughts all i could grasp 

Felt entangled in numerous knots 

Lots to do and time is short :(

What to do when mind is blank ?

Empty totally, idea's tank ?

Think ,please think you have lot to share

Weekly post at least you care 

But brain blinking as owl at night 

As he got everything out of sight 

Okay fine i gave up 

Wishing everyone  just good luck !

Hope you all find beautiful day 

All the best things on your way !!!!!!!!

Having younger son at home makes me little busier dear friends :)

will continue to visiting you all though .

sending much love and heartfelt best wishes to you all and to all you love!

 

Both Sides Of The Picture Good And Bad

 

Hello precious friends ♥️

Hope you all are doing great by the grace of God!

Our weather has been so upsetting lately.Lots of sandstorms daily almost. Sometimes we clean up mess done by earlier one and at evening or night second spell of sandy winds start and everything I mean literally everything hides under the thick layer of sand 😡😭

On positive note our younger son has come to spend two weeks with us from Karachi which is healing to the aching heart of the mother 🥹🙏

A week ago our youngest son lost his phone while riding his motorbike to the home. It was quite expensive one (Samsung 22) so we were sad. But we youngest son was sad because phone had important things and files. Hubby went with son to look for the phone in the way he passed but found nothing after one and half  hour. We assumed that phone was gone now. Meanwhile youngest son called to one of his friends from his father’s phone. His friend came which was appreciated as it was midnight . Both of the boys tried to locate the phone location through google maps which was not appearing clearly due weak internet. Hubby kept trying to call on missing phone . And it was then that phone rang and someone informed youngest son that they have found his phone on the road around 9pm and trying to reach but signal is not working. Both boys left in the hurry to collect phone . Hubby decided to follow them as it was midnight and little unsafe for kids to go to the strangers. Anyway these were luckily good men with good heart thankfully🙏👍 hubby and kids walk with them to the restaurant and offered pizza treat and drinks. This was gesture of appreciation in return for their favour. For me it was another miracle 🥹🥰🙏

Knowing that world bears still good people strengthens my faith in Divine 🥹🤗!

Sharing with you all these beautiful paintings which I have framed finally 🥰🤗♥️

Dear blog friend Debra has sent me this wonderful painting done by herself few years ago. But I really couldn’t understand why I remained unable to find it in all these years unfortunately. I remember I had kept it in thick heavy book of  encyclopaedia but it wasn’t there when I looked for it after somedays surprisingly.. I ,we both left no stone unturned within the house but no clue. It happened often that in my spare time I would open encyclopaedia and review each page carefully as if I missed something. Then finally I found picture of this painting in google photos account and we decided to print it. The framing man framed the sharp colour copy instead of original light coloured one. But I think I can replace it later.

      I am already Stunned by the beauty and richness of Debra’s art 👌🥰👍 it’s amazing😍

We have waited for eldest son so we can ask him to send Debra a little gift from me as token of gratitude,so I was happy to see on her blog that she has received the package of dates 🙏🥰 eldest son has also added this lovely card in the package which was so nice of him 🥹🙏🥰♥️

    I took these shots when hubby and younger son hung all these pictures on wall , hubby argued with the frame man for not ironing the handkerchiefs embroidered by Gabi properly but he made excuses as expected. Though it’s much visible in closeup but looks fine in natural light when curtains are removed ♥️

   Sue’s gift this cloth painting appeared so beautiful after framing 👍🥰 it’s looking wonderful on front wall of veranda 🤗

Thanks for being with me dear friends 🥰🙏 

Our country is going through frightening times as Indian armies have started attacking on different parts of the country.most of drone attacks have been turned down by Pakistan army but people are anxious about situation that what comes next . 

We are fine and praying for the peace of the world and now for our own country as well 🙏🥹🙏

Health,peace and happiness to you all and to all loved ones ♥️

Major Mistakes Of My Life

 Our wisdom is our torch given to us so we can see what to pick and what to avoid. But sadly the light is limited and we keep it on things we think matter ,rest of the reality remains in dark .

Hubby and me are watching a show these days in which host Wasi Shah a well known Pakistani poet takes interviews of successful popular people from different professions including media celebrities. In the last segment of his show he asks his guests about some regrets they have. This question reminds me few mistakes that affected my life tremendously at this point of my life!

We all know that we all born with no knowledge but ability to learn as we grow. I was curious about everything around me which made me want to learn more and more. I had a really wise ,strong and loving mother and father who would love to read digests ,books,magazines and news papers in all his spare time. But none of that could stop me to harm myself unknowingly sadly 😔 . As little girl I saw my parents taking tea excessively and I followed them . I would take three to five cups of milk tea everyday. Luckily milk was in abundance as my grandparents had buffaloes and cow and goats. But the tea wasn’t something to consume by children of my age as often. I remember though my parents forbidding me from taking tea in such amount,mother specially but I wouldn’t listen . For me tea was more important than meals.It was addiction. This long time addiction weakened my bones slowly that’s what I realise now. Specially my habit of taking tea along or right after meal. Our recent doctor in Al Shifa International Hospital Islamabad told that  drinking any type of liquid tea particularly omits the nutrients absorb in blood stream. This was like someone pulled out the ground under my feet. I never thought about that. I suddenly remembered that I was as addicted to strong tea that sometimes I would add raw tea powder to my cup and lid it for while! I should have been more investigative about my eating habits. I missed it 😒. May be this is called destiny. We been created aligned with so many possibilities. It’s up to us what we choose or what we avoid. I know there is no way to change what has happened.But since I know the truth now I am being cautious if it helps to some extent.

   I made another dangerous mistake due to my ignorance. It started in 2011 when I went through a worse trauma of my life as my younger sister didn’t inform me about the death of my father and I learned it from others after fifteen day after his funeral.. Heartbroken and lost when I realised it was difficult to pull myself together I tried to look for mental peace in reading holy boo everyday..  When I felt that it’s working I continued it till last year 2024. I didn’t notice that sitting in certain position for two hours daily can affect my legs badly. And one day my right knee went slightly dislocated. Doctor said that my right knee is slightly fractured and overall all my bones have weakened because I have osteoarthritis. Then again I remembered that I didn’t take it seriously when our family doctor who has treated my stomach ulcer has warned me sixteen years ago that all body joints will be retired within four years. I took no care except treating my uric acid twice . Life was full of many things that kept me away from thinking about my own health. Now when I am on the edge of being on wheelchair I am trying hard to sustain my mobility with improved eating habits and exercise. I wonder how long I will be able to protect myself from falling but I know I am very honest with my efforts to resist!

 Couldn’t find my own picture so this is from google images to show you the sitting position I was in for thirteen years .

I know everyone has different challenges to cope with.These are mine.  I am positive about life and my faith in My Creator is deep rooted in my soul! Who has done many miracles in my life so I hope He will continue to help me this time as well 😊

A week ago I finished this novel of Michael Connlley The Narrows .  It was suspense thriller story of a cop who investigates the murder of a former colleague and friend . I really enjoyed his interesting way of telling story.The story revolves between Los angels and Los vegas and suburban area. So it was good to learn more about cities through the perspective of the writer.

Thank you for bearing with me dear friends,your support is my strength 🥰

See you soon,health,peace and happiness to you all and to all who you love 🥰♥️

God. Bless you all!🙏

Botanical Garden Visit , Wedding glimpse

 Precious and Dear Friends hope you are enjoying pleasant change in weather . Here after really hot days of April we suddenly got some rains and hailstorms in northern Pakistan which affected southern country quite positively . We are having second week of airy and bearable weather for which we are very grateful 🥹🙏

I have recovered from my flu and fever fully by the grace of God!

Though now my youngest son has got sore throat and light fever but recovering after taking medicine prescribed by doctor thankfully 🙏

We have been busy with family wedding celebrations.The eighteen years old son of hubby’s younger brother got married to his fifteen year old first cousin. We attended the last function yesterday. Sharing just few glimpse of it . 

And eldest son has shared few pictures from their visit to the botanical garden last week when they were in the town where Gabi’s former teacher lived . Both kids stayed there for two days to look after the cute pets as the family was out of town for two days. We had quite fun while having online chatting with our son and Gabi as they showed us pet who looked very happy and active 🥰🤗 the black beauty the mom and the golden daughter both were competing to occupy the laps of them . Eldest son told they were taking to a walk in garden close by twice a day. Gabi also sang an Hindi song from Indian movie which I have heard is her favourite 🤗♥️ It was joyful surprise to see her singing Urdu song so effortlessly 😍👍♥️

                 Walking pet must be fun more for elders I think as they look very exciting companions 

          Eldest son says Gabi isn’t fond of such heavy carbohydrates but she joins him once in a while. 

       I think few flowers are grown here as well now due to modern fasciitis of easy transportation , a lovely flower  showing flowers 🥹🥰♥️

Eldest son responded to my curiosity about this iron crossing,  if I remember correctly he said it’s a bridge.how amazing 👍

                                        Found the tree branches formation quite intriguing 😊

I took quite the moment to get what this is actually,a bird of some kind or bloom,didn’t ask eldest son as may i sound foolish 😅

                                                                 Are.  these bluebells?

                The younger couple is captured during henna  ceremony three days ago 

In the middle  is daughter of one of the brothers in law,very active and smart and raising her kids nicely as they are studying well thankfully!, on right youngest sister in law. Took right before leaving for marriage hall.

Thank you so much for being with me 🥰

Have to get up for preparing lunch and some housework.

Health peace and happiness to you all and to all you love🙏🥰♥️

Thankfulness, Family photos ,Museum Of Art And Flowers

 Hey precious friends 🥰

Hope having nice and meaningful time!

Thank you everyone for liking my poem and leaving kind comments. I particularly appreciate John from John ‘s island who second time responded with beautiful poem far wonderful than mine 😊👍🤗 this is so sweet of you dear John and undoubtedly you are amazingly talented poet . And I honestly wonder why don’t you share your poetry on your blog ☺️

Last week I attended a family get together and host (my sister in law) presented some homemade food. I took few bites hesitatingly on return I got sick over the night surprisingly. Nothing big but flue with constant sneezing and fever. Worst part that my taste buds seem to paralysed as I couldn’t feel taste of anything. We visited the doctor and feeling lot better. According to hubby it was cooking oil of not such good quality probably who gave me flue. I have mentioned that after long time meditation my inner body system seems to react sensitively to things which are normal for others.

On positive note, eldest son Ahsan and Gabi visited a museum with Sue and her Iranian friend in London . On my curiosity dear Sue shared with me these awesome pictures 🥰

As it was Mother’s Day as well so both kids brought bouquets to both mothers 🤗♥️

Priceless times for parents with children 🥹🤗🥰

       Sorry for not sharing the link ,couldn’t do it ,museum is by Stephen Wright  British artist who created this art by using all available materials .looks intriguing isn’t it 😊

      Creative mind perceives things differently and more meaningfully 

Our Eid day wasn’t much better due to younger son’s minor injury still joy of togetherness and gratitude was there 

    Do you too think that 23 days fasting made me slightly light weight 

   My brother’s wife shared this photo from their tour to Texila museum where she encountered with this kind Chinese lady who posed for photo on the request of my niece 

                                                                Pretty bloom from yard 

          Sadly Our sun flowers were spoiled by insects this year 

                     Roses bed of fragrance less rose plant

Thank you for being with me dear friends 🥰

Health,peace and happiness to you and to your loved ones 🥰♥️

Much love and best wishes ♥️