04/06/2026
☕️ People, especially women, often pass backhanded compliments like, "Your husband supports you that's why......" I've never denied it; rather, it’s me who highlights the humanness in him .... Otherwise, it’s UNMACHO, as it negates the aggressive, hyper-masculine stereotypes.
☕️ But the reality is that most of them do not know me at a personal level .... My life is far from easy and nothing was ever served to me on a silver platter ... I refused to compromise!!! I've always been fierce, vocal, quite a rebel—or بدتمیز, or so they say!!!!
Because, I never played the suppressed, BEECHARI card, which (in my family) is brilliantly used by extremely toxic women as a cover.
✨️ The message I received (slide 2,3 ,4) flipped the script altogether ... For the first time, someone acknowledged my role as a partner. Instead of overshadowing my efforts, he or she recognized my contributions in the darkest times, which are often conveniently ignored or taken for granted.
❤️ I've finally finished, 'The Grapes of Wrath'. It felt like looking in a mirror. It is the exact blueprint of what it means to carry a family through survival and fight systems built to break you .... fighting a world of systemic neglect, social stigmas, judgments, apathy, and absolute insensitivity. It's an isolating journey, but just like the book teaches us, when the world offers no safety nets, our only rebellion is to turn our deepest grief into a community of radical kindness.
❤️ I became "Ma Joad" as I had to walk this path myself, with the invisible weight, to keep going against all odds ....
Out of that immense struggle, was born. It is a battle against a cruel world, an initiative of pure love and connection to honour my beautiful daughters الحمداللہ ❤️
✨️ And now, I've dived straight into Steinbeck's East of Eden. The Grapes of Wrath was quite heavy, but this one has fully immersed me. I finished the first volume within a few hours .... All my crochet projects and other commitments may rest in peace until I am done 🙏❤️☕️
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