Lights, Colors, Joy: A Journey Through World Festivals
I still remember standing in a crowded street in Jaipur, completely covered in pink and yellow powder, laughing so hard my cheeks hurt, when a stranger handed me a plate of sweets and said, “Happy Holi, sister.” I had no idea who he was. It didn’t matter. That’s the thing
Weekend Plans for Families That Don’t Involve Spending Money
A few months ago we hit a weekend where the car needed an unexpected repair and the grocery budget was already stretched thin. My kids asked what we were doing for fun that Saturday, and I almost said “nothing” before catching myself. We ended up biking to a park we’d
Parenting Tips: Balancing Family Time With a Busy Schedule
Protecting Family Time When Work Never Slows Down On a Tuesday evening, my son asked me to play Legos with him. I said “in a minute” while I finished an email. Forty minutes later, he’d built a whole rocket on his own and wandered off to find his sister instead.
Budget Travel Packing List: Everything I Carry in One Backpack
My first real backpacking trip, I packed a suitcase. Not even a small one. A hard shell, full size suitcase that I then had to drag up four flights of stairs to a hostel in Lisbon with no elevator, sweating through my shirt, apologizing to everyone I bumped into on
Why Small Celebrations Matter More Than Grand Ones (And How to Plan Them)
My husband finished a huge project at work a while back, the kind that took months and a lot of late nights. I planned this whole dinner out to celebrate, a nice restaurant, reservations weeks in advance, the works. We got there, both exhausted, both a little too dressed up
How I Stopped Wasting Food and Cut My Grocery Bill in Half
I found three bags of spinach in my fridge once. Three. Two were already liquid by the time I noticed them shoved behind a jar of pickles. I’d bought spinach every week for almost a month because I kept forgetting I already had some, and every single bag ended up
Fun Family Bonding Activities for Weekends at Home
Last winter our weekends basically looked like this: kids parked in front of tablets, my husband “just answering one quick email” (it was never one quick email), and me scrolling Pinterest for ideas we’d never actually get around to. By Sunday night we’d technically spent two whole days together under
About Me
Hello ! I am Richard Y. Lim
Upon migration to Medina, the direction of the Qibla continued to be Jerusalem, although it was then physically impossible for one to also face the Ka’ba, as Medina is north of Makkah.
About Me
Hello ! I am Richard Y. Lim
Upon migration to Medina, the direction of the Qibla continued to be Jerusalem, although it was then physically impossible for one to also face the Ka’ba, as Medina is north of Makkah.
About Me
Hello ! I am Richard Y. Lim
Upon migration to Medina, the direction of the Qibla continued to be Jerusalem, although it was then physically impossible for one to also face the Ka’ba, as Medina is north of Makkah.
