Inta Hayatte

Everyday I will wait till past midnight my time, just to accompany hubby while he is cooking in preparation for Iftar. My heart breaks seeing him taking over the task that should be mine. Being the only son in his family, doing house work especially cooking was never his forte.

Now he is an expert at most of the food that he loves especially Sardine Curry, Chicken Kabsah and Fattouch. Coming home from work is normally after 1800 hours, and as the end of summer is approaching there; the sunset is early as well. Having hardly half an hour at times upon reaching home, hubby will have to do Iftar with just plain water (as that is the only water that he will drink). There were also times that he had to work late, which left him with no choice but to eat out, of course at the limited trusted `halal’ restaurants. The only disadvantage of him eating out means he will be arriving home much later then he would normally like.

Ramadhan is a new thing to hubby, initially it was tough for him, but alhamdulillah he is fine with the routine now, and I am so proud of him. I can only encourage him by staying by his side all the time even if it means on the internet world. To make sure that he also wakes up at dawn to do the `suhur’ I will also call to wake him up. We try to make the best of everything possible while keeping our faith in each other strong.

God bless you hayatte, you have a heart of gold.