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Soft rain fell in the twilight. My husband held an umbrella over me as I stepped out of the car, and I ran a hand over my rounded belly.Baby was quiet tonight. Only a few more weeks until our little one would change our lives forever. Until then, …

Mammals are warm-blooded, have fur, and produce milk. Milk is the liquid gold that sustains the offspring of all kinds of mammals, from blue whales to kangaroos to, yes, human beings. But on the day my son was born, I produced no milk. What’s…

I was bathing my son at the very edge of the shallow end of some kind of pool. Water lapped at his soft, pale skin and his brown eyes gazed into mine with unwavering trust. I turned to retrieve some kind of soap, and in a second he had slipped fro…

I have been alive for 36 Janmastamis. I remember attending festivals in celebration of Krishna’s Appearance Day as a child, running around in fancy clothing with my friends at night outside, thrilled to have the go-ahead once a year to stay up unt…

In 2005, at 18 years old I bought my first car, a lovely silver 2000 Honda Civic. After the harrowing purchase process (because buying a car is *always* harrowing) I drove off the lot, hypersensitive to the sounds and controls of this new and expe…

One early morning, dressed in a traditional sari and acting in my role as a kind of priestess [pujari], I was seated in front of two small brass deities of the divine couple, Radha and Krishna. I intoned, “Su swagatam,” then immediately said, “Idam asa…

My alarm rang in the dark morning. Immediately, a heavy weight lodged in my gut. While I showered and got dressed and walked out the door, the weight only became heavier and heavier. I drove to work in the twilight, the headlights from my car stil…

 Dear Email Subscribers,When I first started Seed of Devotion back in 2007, I included a widget in the sidebar for email subscriptions. That little widget has allowed each one of you to easily sign up to receive a Seed of Devotion post straight to…

I raised my palms and closed my eyes. The 99 names of Allah swirled around me, and I sung each name along with the chorus of singers in the recording. Each name flashed in my mind’s eye, along with the meaning…Al Khaliq (The Creator)…Al Mu’min (The…