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Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said "How many people have caused misery to their own children, the apples of their eyes, in this world and in the Hereafter, by neglecting them, not disciplining them, encouraging them to follow their whims and desires, thinking that they were honouring them when they were in fact humiliating them, that they were being merciful to them when in fact they were wronging them. They have not benefited from having a child, and they have made the child lose his share in this world and in the Hereafter. If you think about the corruption of children you will see that in most cases it is because of the parents.”

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Posted on January 20, 2013 by The mamá

My article “In these Empty Arms” featured in this month’s Mariam Poppins magazine is also posted on her site.

” She sipped on her coffee, the sad-flat look in her eyes that now replaced the sparkle she once had–gone. Looking at me, she calmly and quietly asked “but when does it get easier?”

*sigh*

Shall I tell her you learn to laugh through the knot in your throat? Shall I tell her you learn to live again with this new you? Shall I tell her she’ll never again walk past certain aisles in stores and be the same? No, it sounds cynical, too hard to bear all that at once. I mean I remember the first year. *sigh* There is some benefit in this, I mean a lot of benefit really, but it still hurts. It can bring us closer to Allah. The All Merciful.

I put my food down and swallowed what I had, and gave her-what I’m sure, was a weak smile. We were in a public restaurant and a couple of muslimahs crying was all I needed to fuel more rumors of how miserable…… (Continue to Mariam Poppins)

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Rebecca Carney - One Woman's Perspective, on January 23, 2013 at 1:06 pm said:

I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s not an easy one, that’s for sure. Even for those of us who have lost a child, it’s sometimes hard to put into words the depth and length of the journey, isn’t it?

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- The mamá, on January 28, 2013 at 2:41 pm said:
  
  thank you, it truly is
  
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I've also included blogs that I guest write for and interview with as well. Those have included http://worldofumm.blogspot.com/ (interview) Multiculturalfamilia.com ( a blog about many things multicultural) My posts there= http://www.multiculturalfamilia.com/author/hollygarza/#axzz1xiLGmO9a http://www.habibihalaqas.org/ (a halaqa/article/blog for the Muslim woman)
"Más vale un "toma" que dos "te daré"." Spanish- a loose English translation would be "it is of more value a (to say) "here" than 2 "I'll give you"" Basically helping/doing/giving is Far better than empty promises “A mother is a school, preparing her is like preparing a good nation.” an old Arab Proverb "Quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija." loose English translation= "the one whom to a good tree is near, will have good shade" "Hombre prevenido vale por dos."