My Annual Ramadan Dish Party

Last saturday I had my annual ramadan dish party and it was exactly what I needed! Absolutely everybody on the list came, except for 2 people, and this year it was all about the food, hardly any desserts, which is very different from last year. Its interesting how every year the food combination changes. Last year, we had way too many desserts and not enough meat, and this year it was all about the meat and only 2 plates of dessert! Its funny how that happens. Like the food combination, the people combination changes every year as well. I always like to take a moment in each year's gathering to just look at the people who are there. It gives me a chance to feel grateful for the old faces that are still as close as ever, and the new faces whom I've had the pleasure of getting to know. Of course you also miss certain faces whom you wish could be there but every year I feel a new sense of belonging and togetherness that I miss during the year sometimes. I absolutely LOVED this year's dish party because it involved my closest friends only, alot of which all got to know each other throughout this year either through birthday gatherings, random outings, or travels. I have always had this want to connect all the people I know to each other. I WANT all my friends to know each other just coz alot of them are just so awesome! So this year it was cool to see them all mixing so easily and to find that they like each other alot. It gave a sense of togetherness this year like no other year. Also, I got to spend alot more time with the people this year. We played Charades and Pictionary all together, chatted, took photos, and even later went for sheesha at 10pm. I was happy to see that people really didn't want to go home! They were sincerly enjoying their time! I laughed like I hadn't laughed in quite a while, and felt really connected to the people I had missed dearly. It was a nice feeling and one that, with work, doesn't happen as much as it used to. Its hard to explain WHY I feel extremely happy when I find all my friends mixing together even when they dont know each other very well, but it just brings a new sense of togetherness and newness that you sometimes need to see and feel. It brings out the best in everyone, and makes you proud to call these people your friends :)