This book empathizes with Muslim mothers nurturing their families within a faith framework. It canters her experience. Doubts and insecurities are gently replaced with understanding and support in the candid exchanges from one mother to another.
Dear Mother… brings together mothers of all ages and backgrounds in a compendium of fictional letters, written from the heart. Great challenges and responsibilities, hopes and disappointments are explored without apology. As one mother prepares for a new-born, another shares her experience of being a single parent. Why is a mother at the primary school gate feeling burnt out by 9 am and what advice does a grandmother pass down to her granddaughter? Whether she’s sitting in the ante-natal clinic, on a bus or in the masjid, these letters reveal a variety of mothers’ inner dialogue – one which is rarely heard in society.
Contents:
Introduction
1. Dear Mother in the
ante natal clinic.
2.
Dear Mother to-be
3.
Dear Mother feeling low during pregnancy and post delivery
4.
Dear Mother Who has a child with special needs
5.
Dear Single Mother
6.
Dear Mother Who’s depleted from giving
7.
Dear Mother experiencing primary school overwhelm
8.
Dear Mother missing ‘home’
9.
Dear Mother exploring hijab for her
daughters
10.
Dear Mother of teens pre-Ramadan
11.
Dear Mother living with pain
12.
Dear Mother struggling to be ‘fair’
13.
Dear Mother Who’s feeling afraid
14.
Dear Mother Who’s in the grocery shop aisle
15.
Dear Mother Who’s raising a boy
16.
Dear Mother connect to natural
17.
Dear Mother approaching their child’s Qur’an khatme
18.
Dear Mother living with domestic abuse
19.
Dear Mother who needs to recharge her spiritual battery
20.
Dear Mother Who educating her daughter
21. Dear Mother hanging there at Eid Salah
22. Dear Mother stuck in the conflict…
23. Dear Mother who has a second job
24. Dear Mother of two generations
25. Dear Mother who is the child
26. Dear Mother with the car radio on
27. Dear Mother searching for a marriage partner for
their daughter
28. Dear Mother of an empty nest
29. Dear Mother who is my grand-daughter
30. Dear Daughter Who’s just given birth
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