A simple but happy Eid!

I had wanted to post something about the Celebration but I was too exhausted after returning from the visitings that's customary on festive periods like Eid. I couldn't even reply comments nor visit articles, I just came on read, got overwhelmed and logged back out as quickly as I logged in.

It was Eid Yesterday! Eid-el-fitr to be precise. The Eid celebrations stretch up to a week so the festive mood is still on. So I am going to share with you my visit for today.

Right now I am at my uncle's house. He's a sort of father figure in my mother's family so almost all the relatives visit his house during Eid period to celebrate and extend warm greetings. The parlour is crowded with the elderly discussing politics and family matters while I and other female relatives are in the girl's room right now with the children.

The Eid is the simplest I have had in a long time but that isn't surprising since it's Eid-el-fitr not Eid-el-kabir meaning lesser Eid and major Eid respectively. After the cooking, food sharing and everything else women do on Eid, I was quite exhausted. I hastily took my bath, applied some makeup and slept until noon. After that I visited a close friend's house and off we went to another close friend's house together. We chatted for hours while eating chin-chin and meat. When it was night I came back home and crashed again.

Today, we actually thought of some amusement park to visit but couldn't bring ourselves to visit any because we've visited most of them during past Eid celebrations and we felt like it'd be kond of boring. We crave for something novel. I and my sisters decided to visit my uncle's house so here we're with the kids. Not much is done but eating, drinking, talking and getting surprised when a relative I haven't seen in ages suddenly shows up out of nowhere.

The kids have grown bigger and a bit more stubborn(part of growing up!) . The last I saw this girl she was barely able to walk, that's like three years ago.

It wasn't the best but a very happy one. The joy of seeing everyone doing well, the laughter, the kids, the moms, the elders all bring some sort of happy nostalgia. Indeed, holidays spent with family are the best!

Thanks for reading.

Yours Layly,

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