01/22/2024
I can finally talk about what happened to my kefir. Some months back, someone deliberately threw my 15 year old kefir grain baby in the trash. Just discarded her.
If ever anyone wanted to hurt me really badly, I realized all they had to do was throw my kefir grain baby in the trash. To me, it was one of the most cruelest things a person could do to someone like me.
That baby has lived with me everywhere I've lived over the past 15 years. I mean she has been in Dubai, Europe, up and down the East Coast here at home, everywhere..Gone.
However, they not only hurt me, they hurt the entire community that has thrived off of those grains. I cried, and cried, and cried. Hell, I'm crying right now.
15 years of my hard work of nurturing-down the drain or in the garbage in one evil swoop without so much as a care.
When I first learned of the news, I had so much on my plate that day I brushed it away, and moved on until I could no longer withhold the grief. I hadn't cried like that since my mother died!
I said, Lord what did I do to someone to make them want to do something evil like this to me? "Qadr-Allah wa Masha Fa'al" (Allah's Decree).
For days and weeks, my pillow was wet with tears.
Sitting my health journey to the side, what will I tell my elderly customer in Ventnor, who is battling colon cancer that I cannot supply her with kefir for awhile? Or the many moms who purchase a tablespoon to boost their batches? What about my sister who gets a quart for my niece? And what about so many in our community who have grown to love my kefir and its many medicinal benefits? Again, you not only hurt me, but an entire community!
In the pics of this post, is my new kefir-baby, growing strong and I am nurturing them with the love and care only an overprotective mother can give. For now they are making very small batches as they are acclimating to living life with me.
This baby's personality is slightly different from my first one, but she loves me and that's all that matters, we are bonding nicely.
The kefir she is producing, is rich and strong, but still young with hints of sweetness when I smell her. It's synonymous to smelling a newborn.
My former baby, had a characteristic of its own. She had grown into this really rich, thick, sweet smelling powerhouse of healthy bacteria. She would heal a leaky gut in a few weeks.

What people need to understand, is that this kefir that I offer the community is not just a superfood, it is actually a living breathing, mass of healthy bacteria..It's life. It's like a plant.. I'm still healing from the grief. It's still unforgivable.
Well, say hello to the community's new baby, when it's time, she'll provide service to all.
(And special thanks to my sister Maryam who upon hearing the sad news and my grief immediately purchased a tablespoon of kefir grains from a farm upstate to help me nurture our new baby girl. May Allah reward you with the highest reward Ameen ❤️❤️❤️)
