Dear Friends, Al salamu 'alaykum (greetings of peace) and Ramadan Mubarak! I pray you are well and that your first days of Ramadan have been blessed, comforting, and inspiring. I have been blessed to spend the first days of Ramadan visiting with my parents in my childhood home in California. It has been a reflective time. It is in some ways strange to be back to my hometown, where I spent so many days and nights wondering what my life would be like once I "grew up." I am accompanied by my son,...