A Calm Storm

The blog of Sholeh Samadani Munion

Suddenly, Kindergarten

Marzieh had her first day of kindergarten yesterday. It’s wild to consider that 5 years passes so quickly. She walked in, all confidence, and didn’t cry or hold onto us. It helped that she had 3 orientations at the school…

Never Too Much

Never Too Much

I was too much for many spaces, for too many years.I find it so interesting that in the last 4.5 years since being fully self-employed, I have never once been too much.I have never lost a client for voicing my…

2022 – Events!

2022 – Events!

I had the opportunity to do a lot of really interested events last year. It’s still surprising to me how many people don’t know that I run an entire business by myself, with multiple clients. About half of my work…

Home

Home

We have owned our home for a little more than a year. At this time last year we were in the middle of an intense remodel, having torn out the entire kitchen and 1st floor bathroom. I hope to make…

Peanut and Coconut Curry Sauce

This sauce is really good over chicken, veggies, rice, etc. It makes enough for a family of 4 to cover at least one good-sized bowl of food. I add the sauce over everything at the end, but you could also…

2020 Reading Challenge

I probably started with a goal of 50 books but I kept reading and reading…and eventually ended up reading 113 books. This doesn’t include any kids books. Just mine. Only 10 were non-fiction (mostly memoirs). I needed light, fun books…

Hello Fall

Hello Fall

I decided to try to blog while nursing, because that is my only dedicated time to silence and forced sitting. I dislike typing on my phone but that is the only way this will happen. The trees are starting to…

What day is it?

What day is it?

So we’re 6 months (182 days) into this pandemic, and have been staying at my parent’s place this whole time. Shea is lucky enough to be able to work from home, so 4 adults and 2 kids are here together….

Marguerite Sanii Munion

Marguerite Sanii Munion

Marguerite Sanii Munion was born in early June (5 weeks before her due date). She has had a little extra time in the hospital to grow and is doing well. We are so grateful for all of the love and…

Persian Kabob and Tahdig

Persian Kabob and Tahdig

I recently made ground beef kabob and chicken kabob, as well as Persian rice with tahdig (the crispy potato at the bottom). There are lots of recipes online so I don’t have the energy to put the whole process here,…

Hash brown Casserole

Hash brown Casserole

It looks a little strange in the photo (and I took it before adding the cheese on top), but this is a great meal to prep for the week. It’s also possible to make it vegetarian by removing the sausage/bacon….

Gluten Free Carrot or Apple Cake

Gluten Free Carrot or Apple Cake

A while back I wanted to make carrot cake and found this awesome recipe from Williams Sonoma. However, I needed to make some changes to it and after a certain point it stopped being the same recipe. So I’m putting…

Isolation

Isolation

After so many years of blogging, recent years have shown me that my desire to write has diminished – probably because I have been busy with lots of other things! But this is a chance to write down what I’m…

July 2020!

July 2020!

We waited a long time for Marzieh to join our family, and then, when she was about 6 months old, I got pregnant! I didn’t know for the first two months, so when I finally figured it out it was…

We waited for you

I watched the sunset from the window of the hospital The day before you were born As your father fed me dinner And we waited for you Because we had been waiting years for you We had been dreaming for…

Five Years Ago Today

Five Years Ago Today

Five years ago I got married to this wonderful person. I arrived at the venue with traditional Persian cookies in hand, and dishes, and started setting up at my own wedding. My mother-in-law arrived and took that task over from…

Happy Naw-Ruz!

Happy Naw-Ruz!

Finally decided to put together a Haft-Sin. This is a Persian cultural tradition (not a Baha’i one) and I always loved gathering the items and putting it together as a kid. I can’t tell you what most of it symbolizes…

Have hope

Have hope

“We wish to address some additional words to those of you in whose surroundings marked progress is yet to occur and who long for change. Have hope. It will not always be so. Is not the history of our Faith…

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