From the monthly archives: January 2010
The Akad Nikah is the marriage contract or marriage solemnization part of a traditional Muslim wedding. I knew a little bit about it, things I’d learned from photographs, friends and wedding assignments for work, but until yesterday morning, I’d never actually attended one before.
The thing that struck me the most was how simple and [...]
We have a proper picture of my baby bump! Hubby and I finally got round to taking a photo, partly because I think the pregnant body is beautiful, and partly because I know that if we don’t, I’m going to look back years down the line and regret not having any pictures from my [...]
Wow, that charcoal mask really makes my nose look massive, doesn’t it? This is me at an Origins event yesterday, where I did the whole nine yards of skincare – cleanser, scrub, mask, toner, serums, eye cream, moisturiser and sunblock – in the name of work. You should have seen me trying to be [...]
Some of the neighbourhood kids have been doing their university applications and with my brother-in-law just starting college, we’ve been hearing lots of talk about who got into Cambridge University and who’s applying to do what course. Mostly, who got into Cambridge.
At last count, at least one of my brother’s friends has been accepted [...]
As you can imagine, lots of well-meaning people have offered tips and advice on what I should and should not do while pregnant. I appreciate all the good intentions, I really, really do, and being pregnant has made me feel so loved because everyone has been such absolute sweethearts about looking out for me, buying [...]
Several evenings ago, the women in my family (and my little brother, the proverbial thorn) sat down to a rare dinner together. My grandma’s not as mobile as she used to be and it’s getting harder and harder for us to convince her to leave the house but on this occasion, she agreed. So went [...]
During my first trimester, Chris suggested I take a photo of my belly every month to document its growth. It was a great idea, but I never got round to doing it. A month passed, then two, then three… and I realised just how rarely I take photographs. This is like the [...]
In December 2007, the boys, Sivin and I sat down to dinner and wrote predictions for ourselves and for each other. Without reading any of them, we put all the slips of paper into a box and we were supposed to open the box at the end of 2008 to see whether [...]
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