I was just watching Samantha J Boyle's revert series on Facebook and I just can't believe all that she has been through and how it's been 7 years since I first started researching Islam and all that I have been through ever since. I got married last year (exactly 6 years after the day I realised Islam was my deen) and moved in with my husband to 11.000km away. After spending 8 months in a Muslim household, I am now back to my parents' place to deliver my baby (the health facilities in my husband's country are close to terrible) and it's unbelievable how much Islam is ingrained in my life. It's unbelievable how everything in Islam just feels so natural to me (Salah, fasting, gender segregation, etc.) but so alien to my family. My mom has accepted my conversion (alhamdulillah) but there still is a lot of stuff she doesn't understand and I just don't know how to go about it because I'm so used to it that I don't even think about it. I am so thankful to Allah swt who has brought me back to my parents' place just when I needed their care and love the most and made me taste the sweetness of Iman and the tests and trials that come with it and with being a revert. Alhamdulillah for everything 😭😭😭
