Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Happy Eid everyone!

When we were kids, my parents made sure to make every Eid a big deal for us. We woke up in the morning to find the house decorated with sparkly and shiny stars and balloons. Then there was a huge breakfast which baba had prepared around the carefully wrapped gifts in center of the table. It was amazing, we were always impatient during breakfast because the gifts were right infront of us and we wanted to finish quickly! It really grew on us to spread the joy of Eid. So this year, like the past five, we are actually involved in the late night decorating and gift wrapping for my younger brothers to wake up to. This evening though is sort of different for me, I am very much reminded of the less fortunate and I wish I could spread the joy to them as well. I am reminded of our visit to Ethiopia last summer and how happy the kids were over simple gifts. By simple I mean cookies, crayons and drawing books. They were happy people even with the little they had. We have a lot to be thankful for.

Hope you all have a festive and happy Eid. Celebrate it!

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