Bismillaah

Today was one of those days where we just felt down. I suppose it started when one of our plans didn’t work out the way we had intended - Qadr Allaahu wa maa shaa’a fa`al. I had my hopes pretty high that we would finally be able to do a certain thing but for the 2nd time Allaah planned otherwise. I don’t want to take it as a sign that we shouldn’t partake in this certain thing because it may be good for us and a test on our patience but I admit that I felt pretty ‘blah’ afterwards.

I turned to my husband and asked him if we could go to a certain restaurant and get some mango lassi. So we went, bought some and drank them and it felt really good. It lifted us for a while but it didn’t feel like ‘enough’. So we then started talking while in the car about animals and we started discussing birds because for a while we have been wanting to get some birds but have been putting it off. I guess that’s one of the things that fills that emptiness we feel sometimes.

The list of pets we’ve owned/own is getting larger. Unfortunately, some of our pets have died and that has been even more depressing but our journey still continues.

Our journey (since we’ve been married) started with a cat but we had to give him up. It continued with fish and it continues with fish and upgrades to our fish tank. We moved on to getting a small black hamster but unfortunately he passed. We then moved to a rabbit. Well something happened to our poor rabbit and so we ended up getting a cat again. I got pretty bad allergies (even though I’m used to cats) and our apt was too small to handle his activities and the closeness of his litter (even though it had a top and all) so we gave him up for adoption. We decided to then get another hamster and she’s lasted us a while now. But today, I suppose we needed something else and so our journey now moves onto birds, in particular a Cinnamon Cockatiel. 

Masha’Allaah it’s very cute and its chirping really is uplifting. And though it is still frightened, it makes us feel really good to watch it and try to make it feel comfortable with us. It’s amazing how these little creatures can bring so much joy to our life and though it sucks that filling the void isn’t that cheap, it really works for us.

I suppose everyone has a way to deal with their sudden crash.