Sunday, September 23, 2012

Letter to Julia 20120924

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

My dearest Julia, I'm still perfectly capable of doing my own laundry, even though I'm bad and lazy at it.  I can cook for myself, and I even clean up after myself, and others, when I'm forced to.  I don't don't want to consume your hard earned money, for what I want is my own wealth that comes directly from Allah.  InsyaAllah.  So I can take good care of you.  I am here to give you love, stability, and your own family.  A family to call your own, a family to belong to.  There is no other "Mrs. Abdullah".  I have never been married.  Our Lord is Allah, and Muslim women keep their names when they marry, so you will always be Julia Stegner.  By the way, "Mrs. Abdullah" would mean my father's wife.  But Julia, I love you.  I am perfectly satisfied with just you for this life, and the hereafter.  InsyaAllah.  I need to be married.  I want to marry you.