I know you're feeling pressured to be Ramadan-ready especially while we are in this Coronavirus quarantine. I mean it's this week ladies!!!

Are your meal plans ready, have you deep-cleaned your house, have you decorated your living room, are you ready spiritually, mentally, and physically???

Phew I just got tired thinking it all down.

Listen ladies... it's nice to be prepared and to make Ramadan special for ourselves and our families. Just don't do it at: The expense of your finances, losing your cool and being grumpy, feeling pressured to do it a certain way because everyone is saying so.

Some of the things I'm doing is simply...Using the decorations I already have. Then letting my kids decorate the way they want because it's not about how our house looks, it's whether my kids enjoy the moment and feel the festivity of Ramadan.

I'm making a very simple meal plan and getting the groceries I need when I can. It's ok to even do this week by week in Ramadan.

I'm planning to have a casual halaqa with my kids every day inshallah. I've already discussed the expectations with them like...

The routine and the times we will wake up and break fast, that they will not be playing certain video games or watch TV that's not educational, that we will be studying more Deen and how, and implementing light exercise into our day.

Especially this year, it's going to be trying on us due to the circumstances. So if we maintain a very simple Ramadan, we can make it more focused on the things we never accomplish or finish.

I'm rooting for you by making dua for your Ramadan preps to be stress free, mama.