"Growing up, we women think that once we are married, we will have made it to our happily ever after, to live there irrevocably, for all of time to come. It’s only when we get there that we start to realize that the really scary parts begin now. That there’s still so many battles to fight, so many dragons to slay, so many dark forests to find our way through. Maybe our battle will be emotionally connecting to a good husband who’s not easy to understand. Maybe our battle will be unemployment, career hiccups, money problems and scary “We can’t afford this”, “Where can we cut back?” discussions. Maybe our dragons will wear the masks of doctors and specialists who shake their heads at our reports and talk grimly about options to consider. Or dragons who look like experts telling us that our child has such and such problem and requires special help. Maybe we will receive a diagnosis that starts with the letter C. Maybe our marriage will be knocking on the door of a D-word. Maybe that door will open and others will close as we enter the world of single parenthood. Maybe we will lose a friend, a parent, a sibling, a baby, a dream. Maybe outwardly, nothing will be wrong, but inwardly everything will be. Maybe we will have to go through forests where the nights are long and scary and the days are filled with despair. Maybe we will feel anguish so deep, we will wonder if we can ever be joyful again. Maybe we will be scared. Yes, growing up thinking about our happily ever afters, we don’t think about the scary parts. This is a good thing…this focus on the positives. This is called hope. Where is your hope today? If you’ve misplaced it…lost it along the way somehow…go searching for it again. Maybe it’s not where you’ve always found it. Hope can be found in a new place at every turn of your life. Maybe your hope will be found in a book, (or a Book), a new friend you made, on a Facebook page, in the dark of the night when you are alone with your thoughts, in your child’s laugh, in a sigh, in a song, in a prayer. Find your hope, Mamas and hang on to it tight. May this Ramadan be a source of goodness, recovery, strength, happiness, increasing imaan, inspiration, closer relationships, healthier bodies, peaceful minds, restful hearts, and whatever else you need in your armor to fight the battles, slay the dragons and find your way through the forests that Allah has lain out for you on your path towards the eternal Happily Ever After…the only one that really matters. #Ramadan " ~ Taken from Drama Mama (Thanks Faria Sharmeen Ali & Soumaya Sebkhaoui for sharing)
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 03:54:49 +0000
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