Back in the mid to late 90s, I was going to VCU in Richmond, Va, and  lived in an apartment with my friend. I drove a temperamental, pray that it won’t break down, 1987 Dodge Shadow. It was old, but it was clean and mostly appreciated.

There was no stereo, just an empty space in the console. The glove box would rattle if the car reached 55mpH and my friend would slap the dashboard to stop the noise! One morning, I realized that I had unknowingly “customized” it by closing the trunk too hard the night before, finding both the emblem and the “Dodge” moniker on the ground.

Still, I had a certain attachment to it despite all its problems, and I actually realized that I liked it a lot better than its replacement – an almost-new, automatic, 98 Oldsmobile Achieva (with air conditioning! and power windows!).

The point is, now that I’m on WordPress, I’m struggling to get this blog to look and feel like I want. I have to find plugins and put in code and all kinds of other crazy stuff (I’ve had about five syntax errors so far which sent me into a panic, lol). Blogger was click a button and go. But I still like WordPress a lot.

InshaALLAH, be patient with me while I get this blog up and running. If the comments look crazy, comment anyway, that’s just me tinkering in the background I’ve already messed them up. A lot.

JazakAllah Khairin to all who have followed me through the years. I hope that you will like it here on the new blog and didn’t have any trouble finding your way. And to the new readers, welcome. I hope to have everything up and running soon.

Take care,  Nakia

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*photo courtesy of Pawel Zawistowski