{"id":6706,"date":"2023-05-03T11:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T03:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.muslimpro.com\/?p=6706"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T07:24:01","slug":"her-last-ramadan-coping-with-grief-on-eid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connect.muslimpro.com\/2023\/05\/her-last-ramadan-coping-with-grief-on-eid\/","title":{"rendered":"Her Last Ramadan \u2013 Coping with Grief on Eid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/em><\/p>\n Growing up, Eid at my grandmother\u2019s apartment in Singapore meant family photos, eating the various dishes cooked by my grandmother, mother and aunts, and watching the rerun of the special Eid variety program on television.<\/p>\n Since I moved to the U.S in 2012, I have not had the opportunity to spend Ramadan or Eid with my grandmother and parents. I don\u2019t like to\u00a0<\/span>travel during Ramadan<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>as jetlag gets me tired and weary, distracting me from my worship goals.<\/p>\n This year, I had to travel just before Ramadan to be with my paternal grandmother. When I met her, a few days before Ramadan, we knew it could be her last Ramadan.<\/p>\n On the fourth day of the blessed month, my grandmother returned to Allah s.w.t. \u2013 but I had already flown back to Virginia.<\/p>\n