Letter to Julia 20120216

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

How are you feeling, my darling Julia? How's it like to be a rock and roll princess? Oh, so many of those people admire your purity in beauty, my beloved. Allah does purify whom Allah wills, so make sure you give God the credit.

It's really hard to achieve purity and simplicity in cooking when using leftovers, especially someone else's leftovers. Purity and simplicity combined is the key to cooking food that doesn't give food poisoning. But sometimes we are forced to use up the leftovers, so with leftovers the key to good cooking is neutralization. Ya ya!

Anyway, there's been an abundance of sliced cheese and cream cheese in my cooler lately, so I've been enjoying cheeseburgers and steak and cheese sandwiches. Alhamdulillah. I also had some oyster mushrooms and broccoli, so I thought I would try to make cream of chicken, broccoli and mushroom soup. It tasted OK, but I feel it would have been better if I had made cream of chicken or cream of broccoli or cream of mushroom soup instead. Simplicity!

Anyway, especially now you have become such the center of attention, you must lower your gaze and guard your modesty, and not try to draw attention to your beauty and ornaments. While this is true for all Muslim women, it is especially unnecessary for you to exhibit yourself. Those who love to see scandal broadcast all over the world will get stomped on eventually. You just make sure you don't stoke the gossip by showing off your bosom etc. Forget the past, and be the princess now and forever.