Hey everyone,

It has been an interesting week to say the least. The plan for what I wanted to achieve for the week did not really materialise- mostly because I was so unwell! I am slowly slowly recovering, although this cough is still going strong. Need to keep persevering with the honey and lemon. My mom’s homemade chicek soup has also helped. Her soup seems to always make me feel so much better.

It’s 1st December tomorrow- wow. We are on the final month of the year. Soon, this page will turn too and we will enter a new chapter- 2026. This year just feels like a total blur- to be honest, all the days after my father’s passing feel like a blur. I say it feels like a blur, however I can recollect and remember every moment. However my concept of time and life all became a bit warped after his passing. It is still warped to be honest, in my mind.

I am taking a moment to be thankful and count my blessings today. Being unwell always makes me feel humble and reflective. So much we take for granted daily. Like at this point, getting through a minute without coughing, feels like bliss the days when I didn’t have a cough. Seriously though, we take so much for granted in life, and good health being one of them when we are in good health.

It is only in the absence of something, we tend to truly appreciate its worth. Strange, isn’t it? Us humans are odd creatures.

One thing I am truly thankful for are good friends. I have been blessed with some amazing friends in my life- ones that look out for me, pick me up when the days are rough and stand by me through thick and thin. One of these friends has been truly just an absolute amazing friend through all my struggles. She has checked up on me, she has listened and she has allowed me time and space to be myself.

Reaching the end of the year has got me thinking of a lot of things- one of them is the idea of how we cry over what is gone from our lives.

However, God will never let what you lost, be the best you ever had. When He takes something away, it’s not rejection, it’s redirection.

This is a reminder first and foremost to myself!

Anyway, enough of my procrastination and back to studying…

Have a great Sunday evening everyone!

With love,

Amina xo