Written by\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b>Ajwa Imran<\/b><\/p>\n
Ahh. Eid morning again. What a delightful dreamy day. The Sun is shining the birds are chirping and wherever I go I see people grinning from ear to ear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I got out of bed at twelve pm which was really early for me since it\u2019s not a school day. I may have just gotten out of bed but I was ready to dive right in and I would have but my Mom came into the room and saw that I was awake so she told me to get ready.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When I came out of my room I saw that my sisters Rida and Ayesha and my Dad were just finishing their shirkhurma. I on the other hand haven’t even brushed my teeth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When I was done getting ready into my Eid dress I went outside and showed my mom. As always she\u2019d take me to the big mirror in the living room. Then she\u2019d show the rest of the family. Everyone else was in their Eid dresses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhere are we going today?\u201d I asked my Dad when we sat in the car. \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d He replied with the same joke he tells every year to annoy me. \u201cWe\u2019ll just turn the wheel left and right and see where we land.\u201d He continued, and after that we sat in the car and prayed Dua\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We had been on the road for an hour and we left before sunset, and now it\u2019s night. I was in the back seat with my sister Rida and Ayesha. Rida was fast asleep, while Ayesha kept watching her instagram reels, with my Mom in front praying her Dua\u2019s and my Dad next to her driving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe’re here!\u201d Yelled my Dad from the front seat. <\/span>\u201cFinally!! I don\u2019t ever remember liking those words so\u00a0 much before.\u201d <\/i><\/b>I thought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When I got out of the car I could see no restaurant. We parked in front of someone\u2019s house. I asked my Dad to tell me where we were. All he said was \u201cI don\u2019t know. Maybe some strangers will give us some food.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We rang the bell and to my surprise my grandmother\u2019s little sister came out who we call\u2026\u201dChoti Dadi.\u201d I screamed. \u201cAssalamalaikum Ajwa, Rida, Ayesha, Imran and Sonu.\u201d She said while hugging me. By the way, she calls my Mom Sonu and my Dad\u2019s name is Imran.<\/span><\/p>\n We went inside and we saw Sana Cachi and Riyaz Uncle. Choti Dadi called everyone else down. I tried to talk in urdu but\u2026 My mom corrected me repeatedly that day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We sat down to eat but before I went to wash my hands I played with the two cats they had then I washed my hands. I sat down and ate fries and rice. After my Mom told me to go upstairs and sit with Azan and Raya while the grownups are talking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A little while later I came down and asked if I could play basketball with the boys. When I came outside I tried to score a point but\u2026 the hoop was so high that I could never get a single point. Not even one. My Mum said \u201cCome on Ajwa. It\u2019s time to go.\u201d Before we left we said Allah Hafiz.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We went in the car and drove home. When I was done changing my clothes I dived into the bed and said to myself \u201cThat was an amazing day!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n I got so caught up in the story that I almost forgot to wish you guys\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eid Mubarak.<\/span><\/p>\n Hope you and your<\/span><\/p>\n Famili have a delightfully dreamy <\/span>day.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"