Letter to Erin 20160218

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

Hello, my dearest.  Hi there, my darling.  How's business today?  Are we stepping up?  Well, you go on ahead.  I'll keep guard at the flank.  Please make sure you keep healthy, maintain your prayers, and stay clean.  You are my girl.  I love you and I need you.

I have a house to build.  Yesterday, I cut the grass over at your house inshaAllah.  I also have been cutting down the trees over at the southwest corner.  There's a tree that's tangled up with an old cross link fence and barbed wire.  Barbed wire?  What was my grandfather thinking?  Whatever the reason, as long as that's still there, I can't run the chainsaw through it.  The chainsaw needs a new spark plug anyway.  But it's still brand new...  Oh, it's so hard to get started.

But today, I had a lot of kitchen work to do.  Allah gave me some knowledge of cooking as well as music.  Whatever Allah gives must be used, for it will be taken away, sooner if not later.  That avocado I bought was finally ready to use, so I made a chicken and avocado pizza with mole as the sauce.  I used the whole avocado on the pizza, which made it a very expensive pizza.  I gave a couple of slices to my parents, then I spilled the rest on the floor.  I couldn't let it go to waste, so I scraped up what I could and ate it.  The cats loved it too, but they didn't eat the avocado.  I planted the seed.  InshaAllah, it will grow.

Qur'an 20160218

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

222.  They ask you concerning women's courses.  Say, "They are a hurt and a pollution, so keep away from women in their courses, and do not approach them until they are clean.  But when they have purified themselves, you may approach them in any manner, time, or place ordained for you by Allah."  For Allah loves those who turn to God constantly, and God loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.

(The Heifer 2:222)
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