Sunday, February 17, 2013

Letter to Julia 20130217

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

Hi Julia!  How are you feeling today, my beloved?  I am feeling lonely without you, of course.  I hurt myself this morning, which amplified my unhappiness.  I got up too early, then I started to lift heavy objects, the wrong way.  I pulled my left shoulder, which of course made it difficult for me to breathe.  I'm not a morning person to begin with- I don't wake up until 9am after going back to sleep after the dawn prayer, and I don't REALLY wake up until after the afternoon prayer.  But the pain is going away, alhamdulillah.

I'm sorry, Julia.  I'll try to maintain my strength for you, but we all of us humans grow weaker, not stronger, and Allah is the Strongest.  Plus, I'm still too poor to marry.  My love, I am longing to be happily married to you, for I do love you so.