Wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh Sister Nausheen,

How nice to hear from you!  I pray that all is well with you and your family.  Insha'allah you will be rewarded greatly for all your efforts here at IC, surely your impeccable manners and all the lovely knowledge of Islam you shared with us was of great benefit to many! 

Peace, ummziba. 

Auzubillahi minash shaitan ir rajeem,

Bismillah ir rahman ir rahim,

Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah wa barkatuhu,

Alhamdulillah, all your messages fill my eyes with tears. I did not know I had such attachments on the boards   Thank you for dropping the notes and all dua you make for me and my family.

I am glad to see some of my friends still here ... last time GibralTarek wrote to me, he was saying something about having interests other than at IC-but interests can be shuffled so welcome back

I know brother Mockba, I do not have to leave for good, and this is exactly what you said in Feb, because of which I had been in two minds. These days I am working on myself elsewhere, so I cannot be regular, but a peek in two-three months is I think even I wont be able to resist. Your priorities have delivered you wiser than ever, alhamdulillah when I always had an awe for you. Please keep tending to your immediate goals in best of your ability. Insha allah, may allah always be your guiding light. May there be light upon light on your way, ameen.

Thank you for invitation to LA. Insha allah, if destiny has this in store I will surely let it be known. Discussions might get heated, but then they were just discussions. I am not carrying any burdens along, and hope you too have let it go bye with generosity

Someone was offered a job in Edmonton. Hope the frost did not bite  We moved to Ottawa, before the winters set in so don't know exactly what it is like.

Angela, would-be-mummy, I know things can get busy and crazy at times. Dont worry, I can wait for you in patience. Even I took months to respond when I actually did, hope you've forgiven me.

Angel, I did have my disagreements with you, but do not plan to carry them wherever I go  and I hope you will mind urself  Thank you for the kind words. I know you came here to learn about my religion and you mean well, insha allah. May allah reward your intentions. When I had broken the news between the moderators, Brother Adji asked me if I wanted the boards to know, and I thought this was so private, i did not want to share. However now that you have so specifically asked ... we have a baby boy who is close to 8 months old, alhamdulillah now I have an 8 year old and an 8 months old, a combination good enough to drive me nuts. We are back in Japan, and am working at the same lab from where I completed PhD. It is as if we have been around the globe in two years.

I thank everyone who has responded on this thread, and in private message.

Be not heedless of thy Lord for even a blink of an eye,

Lest He directs His attention towards you and finds you unawares ...

Take care ...