So I was in K-Mart, sans hijab. I didn't have it on for a stupid reason, and so when I saw a hijabi shopping, I felt ashamed...and kind of ignored her. (We weren't close so it wasn't rude ignoring, I just didn't go out of my way to salaam). Well, I've apparently instilled better Islamic manners in my son than myself, because Noah, just shy of three, sees this woman in a hijab, marches up and screams "Asalamu'alaykum!!!" I was still ashamed at not wearing hijab, but this started a conversation between this woman and myself that would have never happened otherwise. Her family is from Libya, and she learned mine and my husband's backgrounds. I met her four children (and my son screamed "asalamu'alaykum" at every one of them in turn) and she met my one. My son grabbed her youngest, a sweet little girl in a beautiful dress, masha'Allah, and proclaimed that we were taking her with us, lol. (He WANTS a baby, and I keep telling him to take it up with his father, because if it were up to me...) Anyway, it was just a really wonderful encounter between two families that would have never happened if it wasn't for my wonderful son, masha'Allah.
Just wanted to share! It's sooo late or I would have elaborated. :)
