I wouldn’t trade my Indiana upbringing for anything. Although its homogeneity was only exceeded by its humidity, it profoundly shaped me. Maybe your kids are likewise growing up where everyone is the same color, speaks the same language, and, more or less, serves the same God. Or maybe your neighborhood is changing, getting browner and more diverse in ways that shouldn’t, but do, feel a little scary.
Oh, sure, “A Lifetime in One Night” would make a great title for a romantic comedy. In this case, however, it refers to Laylatul Qadr or the Night of Power, the most potent night of Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month. It is said this one night is better than a thousand months, or the average life expectancy of a Dutch woman!
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I wouldn’t trade my Indiana upbringing for anything. Although its homogeneity was only exceeded by its humidity, it profoundly shaped me. Maybe your kids are likewise growing up where everyone is the same color, speaks the same language, and, more or less, serves the same God. Or maybe your neighborhood is changing, getting browner and more diverse in ways that shouldn’t, but do, feel a little scary.
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