Maryam Amir – Lonely or Sad on Eid

			When aid, I had moved to a
different place, and I really
		

			wanted to spend aid with people,
but I wasn't invited to, like, any
		

			aid gatherings. And so I thought,
all right, I'm not just gonna wait
		

			around for, like, no invitation.
I'm gonna, like, throw an aid
		

			party. And so I had, like, this,
like, you know, come by from like,
		

			this hour to this hour. Just like,
show up, come as you are, like,
		

			invited so many people, and I had
no idea how many people would come
		

			by. So I had so much food. I got
so much dessert, just like,
		

			stocked up on so much my counter
was just like, full of food. And
		

			then as the hours went by and
absolutely no one showed up, I
		

			stared at all of that food, and I
thought, man, it's really, really,
		

			really hard to be lonely on aid.
But then I thought, You know what,
		

			I'm not alone. I have the greatest
friend, ALU Wali, the the ally,
		

			the friend the Guardian, Allah.
Spano to Allah. And so because aid
		

			is special, because it's special.
I treated myself. I ate as much as
		

			I wanted, and I so enjoyed it. And
Alhamdulillah, I had a really
		

			wonderful aid celebrating the
praise of ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
		

			with everything. I love to eat,
and I know that it's late on the
		

			first night of aid, and you might
have had a really, really, really
		

			hard one. I get that for so many
different reasons, but I want you
		

			to know that you're not alone, and
that aid is special because it's
		

			special, and that you are worth
having an amazing aid. So if it's
		

			late for you tonight and you had a
really hard day,
		

			take a minute grab something that
you love to eat and just say
		

			Bismillah, and I hope you enjoy
it, and I hope, Inshallah, that
		

			you'll enjoy the next two days. I
Mubarak especially to my lonely
		

			gang. PS, have you downloaded
Claudia, the women quarter and
		

			reciters app? It's free on Apple
and Google Play stores. I.