Alhumdulillah means “All Praise is due to God” and are the words uttered by a Muslim when he/she is expressing gratitude to Allah. I find myself saying this numerous times a day and this post is a collection of moments when I have said Alhumdulillah during the past month.

Things I said Alhumdulillah for in January:

1. Little Z turned 5, MashaAllah! As always, I wrote him a little letter on his Birthday which you can read here, and we celebrated with some cake and gifts at home!
2. We headed to the mountains to soak in the beautiful Winter weather. The view was just insane and the boys got to feed the ducks on the way too!
3. Attending Math Day at school with Master Z where he dressed up as a little Egyptian.
4. Barbeque evening with the family. We decided to take a gas stove for the first time but it failed miserably (pretty much setting itself on fire and melting it’s own hardware). However, we were so grateful when a stranger offered up their own gas stove so we could carry on cooking. Faith in humanity restored.
5. We got to experience and watch one of the ILT20 cricket games, supporting the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. Watch a snippet of it here.
6. A day with the family in Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, going on all the crazy rides and being high on adrenaline. I’m pretty sure I lost my voice that night…sign of a good day right?
7. Rainy days, woollen socks, blankets and hot chocolate with my boys. Perfect.
8. The success of a HUGE thing which I haven’t shared just yet with the online family, but it has us jumping up and down in excitement, whilst also making us very nervous! It’s a whole bag of emotions, but a new journey and adventure awaits!
9. Reading Prince Harry’s book – Spare. I have a lot of thoughts about it, but ultimately it’s a hard hitting and heavy book about grief and trauma.
10. The stray cat in our neighbourhood becoming besties with my boys who are absolutely smitten with the cat and have named it Feline. I, on the other hand, am still a little scared of animals in general so usually admire them from a distance of about 5 metres away whilst my children are giving the cat a belly rub!

These are just a few of the many times I uttered the words Alhumdulillah this month. Check out what I was thankful for last month here. Also, here’s a list of what I was thankful for in January last year! What are you thankful for? Feel free to share your moments in the comments section below.