THANK you for all the positive messages I received for ‘My First Muslim Wedding Experience’ article.

It seems all my weeks are purposeful and I am thankful.
I visited my favourite preschool Kiskadee Kids again for the hat show. These children are so adorable and I also enjoyed interacting with the moms and dads. It is always wonderful to see dads at school functions because it is perceived as a mom thing.
Then I had lunch with my friend Phillipa who is visiting from the US. It felt great to kick back in the reclining chair and enjoy the fresh breeze coming through the patio door. Rebecca is a fantastic cook and never fails to impress. We had corilla, fried fish, dhal and rice with some local drink. Phillipa and I chatted for hours because we had so much to catch up on. She is such a precious soul like her deceased husband, Larry, and I truly believe they were soul mates. I see the sadness in her eyes because she misses him so much. I mentioned him in LIVING WITH INTENTION because he was truly a servant of humanity.

My friend Michelle was also visiting from New Jersey and she is one of the crazy ones! A few of my Sundays from last summer were spent in her backyard unwinding. She told me she wanted something simple to eat and that I must surprise her. I decided on shine rice, fried fish, steam callaloo with mango chutney. Some people may not be familiar with shine rice. When you have very little to make a meal just not to be hungry it has to be creative. It is rice boiled in coconut milk with seasoning, salt and onion and garlic if you have. No shrimp, saltfish, meat or vegetables. I don’t eat a lot of rice but I asked for another portion of shine rice. It tastes different when you eat it by choice instead of necessity. Michelle was thrilled how delicious it was and wanted the recipe. We had a bottle of wine and chatted about things that made us both laugh and played with the dogs because she is also a dog lover. She finally got her copy of Living with Intention. She is one authentic sister and I love her. Genuine friendship is PRICELESS.

These are moments I treasure dearly.
I am anticipating another empowering weekend because the Living with Intention Motivation Tour goes to Linden, God’s willing. I will be at Major Banquet Hall on Sunday from 16:00-18:00hrs for an Evening of Inspiration and book signing, Admission is FREE. On Monday, I will be with the young people who are the future of this great nation. We all owe it to society to chip in and make it a priority to do.

One of the questions I constantly ask myself is, how would the person I would like to be, do the things I am about to do? Don’t forget that, in the doing, we become.
I will give you all the details in next week’s column on my trip there.

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