Everywhere we look, the world is in pain. Al-Zalzaal is at the forefront of everyone's mind, and everyone's duaas. So is it selfish of me to feel the pain I am feeling now? *Rhetoric* The last ten days of Ramadan have begun, laylat ul qadr could be tonight, even now: the night that is better than a thousand months. There is so much that I should be praying for, and indeed am. Yet, there is one slice of my life, that I pray so much for. The next two weeks are going to be the toughest I've had to fend in a long time, if not ever. They demand patience of me; and they demand restraint and tact. Yes, I sit here, alhamdulillah in my own home. I am free, alhamdulillah, and have food and drink plenty, alhamdulillah. I have warmth and my loved ones around me, alhamdulillah. Blessings surround me, alhamdulillahi rabbi'l aalameen. Yet I have been praying for this for two years now...and I have just two more weeks to get through. If you read this, as my brother or sister in Islam, I ask of you to make just one duaa for me in these last days of Ramadan. Qadr'Allah wa ma shaa'a faal.