Welcoming Ramadan with excitement is one thing that haven’t been changed since many years ago. Growing up, Ramadan (not Eid) is the most festive time of the year and I saw how my mom took it really seriously, especially in creating the ambience for Ramadan, the massive cleaning, the meal prep, done at least two months before.
I once thought what’s with the fuss. Should fasting make things simpler? But slowly I realized, all those advance preparations before Ramadan is to make most of the Ramadan to the fullest. Especially when you had to take care a family of five.
The preparations done months before Ramadan allows you to focus on what’s important during Ramadan because you have taken care those stuff that are related to fasting and make it easier and less hassle.
Of course this is not compulsory, but, it’s totally different feeling to pray, to learn when you intentionally set the ambience and the environment to support the rituals. Clean house, fresh bedsheets, praying set, and towels, the special decoration, the specific scent of Ramadan around the home, all the best efforts to welcome the most precious guest of the year.
I might be forty, but, the certain scent of Ramadan at home is still stuck on my mind.
Personally, Ramadan has been an annually precious guest whose presence are always welcomed wholeheartedly and it makes me happy that I always take it seriously.
Ramadan Mubarak for those who observe the Holy Month!
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