Wafa Manasrah

We are coming up on a year since the start of the pandemic. I remember this time last year vividly . I was pregnant, in my last trimester with our rainbow baby. My anxiety levels were so high throughout my pregnancy, I was at my heaviest in physical weight and more traumatically - my emotional weight. My heart was working so hard, in overtime, that my heart rate reflected that of a person running a marathon - while I was at rest. I was not ready for any more life changes. But was I more than ready. This Aya is on repeat in my head. You know that song that gets in your head, the one you hear at the supermarket or the mall? Well, this Aya has replaced that song. it has been

Opening the Quran to this Sura, without zooming through its recitation, will be a great pleasure this Ramadan. I am truly excited to read, recite, and reflect on a chapter of the Quran that I have not individually explored before. It gives me true excitement to join the effort of many across the nation (and maybe even the world) that will also be reflecting on these blessed words of God. Ramadan Mubarak, fam! Make the best of it :)