Nov 14 2007
OMA: OH MY ALLAH
ring! ring! ring!
half-conscious i rose up from my nap. glazed at the clock through heavy lids “7:14”. damn.
Alhumduillah.
missed dinner again.
angrily, the phone rang again. i picked up the receiver.
Shouting, yelling, singing. Incomprehendible. “huh?”
“ILLLLAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAA”
“guess what?!?”
“huh?” my mind was in the mud.
“ILANA” more impatiently, “GUESS WHAT?!”
“YYAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
i could tell they had been singing. i imaged my younger brothers on top of the bed dancing with their underwear. acting like native americans doing the ghost dance.
my head was in the clouds. “huh? I have no idea.”
“ILANA you WON.”
“HUH? What?” peered at the receiver for a moment. “Won what?”
“You won the Rosa Parks Scholarship!”
:)
i made sajood. mash’Allah. Allah-u-Akhbar. Alhumduillah.
Thank you Allah.
