What I took with me on Hajj >.<

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Re: What I took with me on Hajj >.<

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Thanks, everyone!

@Twinklestar:
Exactly. It was magical and perfect. I remember being near-tears when some of the harder stuff was happening because it got too much on me physically but having gone through it all, I look back and can only remember the good stuff. And ditto w/ @Polished Gems. My eid was spent the same way. I wasn’t aware that eid isn’t a celebration when you’re on hajj because you have other important responsibilities to complete.

Yeah I know! I remember waking up Eid morning suprised that we were not doing anything special, we had market-like stalls by our tents in Minaa and ladies sent us girls out to search for mehndi, because they wanted it to be a little festive and since I told them I know how to so they wanted me to apply it. But much to their disappointment we didn’t even find anybody selling mehndi. before we left Saudi Arabia for Dubai, in my room we had a very nice departing hajj finale dinner (take-away from a restuarant) & the men delivered it to our room, and then I finally applied the mehndi that night. The ladies got their hands decorated front and back. much to my suprise. When I came back I wore my “Eid outfit” to the dinner my mom hosted, it was what I would have worn had I not gone to hajj.