Ramadan Day 24 and 25

Hi besties, here reporting for 2 days because I missed yesterday. I was doing student-run clinic evening work and the workload, pace, and fasting on top of it being in the middle of the week wiped me out. I truly broke fast, passed out, and then had to wake up in the middle of the night to put on pajamas and brush my teeth before promptly passing out again. Visiting the family at the moment and while iftar here is a little earlier (of no importance to me) , suhoor is of course also a little earlier (of much more importance to me). So I expect between a day of exhaustion and a day of timing transition I will be taking a nap tomorrow morning despite best efforts.

I think I'll do this again next year. It's helped me feel more aware of where I turn for comfort and helped me understand what it looks like to be working with less reserve. I also do feel closer to cultural ties, and closer to my dad. It's been easy to talk to him about my choice without judgement and he keeps teaching me things I didn't know. It's also really nice to be able to build closeness with friends who are also fasting, Muslim or otherwise. My mom also found out today to the full extent about my fast and she had some questions but was surprisingly pretty ok about it. That was a pleasant outcome.


Here is the first page of a poem I read today that reminds me deeply of a very very dear friend: