<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[MotherhoodMayhemMurder]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site 11]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 21:16:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Spilt Milk]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was four, I started school. Our class, unpromisingly enough, was referred to as Junior Infants. Our teacher, an earnestly benevolent dictator by the name of Ms. Tracy, paid homage to three deities. The Catholic Church, tomato sandwiches, and the Gaelic tongue. Not necessarily in that order. So determined was she to keep the dialect alive, that she had decided every child in her class would enter the classroom by way of asking permission in Gaelic and exit it for whatever reason by...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/spilt-milk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e7616e26bcdbcbc3d2364d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:38:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_1220aee47653457b85a8f40dc8e0d5b4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Proper High Toilet]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was three and a half , we  lived in a little flat in Bahawalpur . The flat had a sum total of two bathrooms and both were Indian...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/the-proper-high-toilet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">635f66d49addbf1546d4b47b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 06:11:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_2de65d863ca64c38a22002a0b01587df~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ugly]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 11, I was a wonky looking kid. How wonky you ask?  Well, I didn’t have any extra limbs  sprouting from my forehead, no obvious...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/_ugly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63595f573941430d3a5fd4ee</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:25:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_8e3bf95a204d4c709eff2d20a35771bd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_948,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In-Laws ,Outlaws]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quite a few of us seem to have the usual in-law issues. I'm sure each and every one of us swore we would never be THAT daughter in law. You know the ones I'm talking about . Stereotypical and scheming. Passive aggressive and myopic. Superficial and petty to a fault. Not that I would know about any of that malarkey, I hold myself to much higher standards, thank you very much. I can almost say that with a straight face. OK. Here's the story. Once upon a time there was this aggressively average...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/in-laws-outlaws</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63595c6f0d49f22837fd126f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:14:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_fd293aaed0d54f58b8296996dfb2c7ab~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Time Everyone Drowned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two emaciated men sit on a makeshift raft piled high with the everyday bric-a-brac of village life, Ropes and pots and pans. A sad-eyed...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/the-time-everyone-drowned</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633fc2555abcf977bf3a5c41</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:11:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_9e0a59d04b134a6f81e1bc4f7952c720~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_955,h_933,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlikely Saviours]]></title><description><![CDATA["And and and if you recite the kalimah ." You will no longer have to go to hell. You'll go to heaven .You know , with us." This last...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/somaya</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633fc1df3cc1b0bd090b18ed</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:07:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_cee9a4d1087947acb98de84933b81de6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_944,h_957,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yui &#38; I]]></title><description><![CDATA[I sometimes envision my uterus as an ornery old Japanese biddy . Let's call her Yui. Yui is nurturing and life-giving but let's face it....]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/yui-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633fc097c0567467b314ad11</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:02:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_e4d46f362faa4babb35ee617f04acae9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_990,h_981,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Umrah]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently performed my first but hopefully not my last Umrah. Since we shifted a few months ago the mister had taken it into his head...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/umrah</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633fbf9210905b28d0d1d124</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 05:56:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_e9e1f498047d41b79481b4d7324f3664~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_991,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female Protagonists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Female  protagonists of a certain type of novel. Some of these are classics,  others not so much. After being jilted at the altar you vow...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/female-protagonists</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633fbef766fa3e997485d76d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 05:54:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_6c4a566f3b604c34b352290a77d51f81~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_955,h_955,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></title><description><![CDATA[For some writers thoughts and ideas show up perfectly formed, raring to go. All smooth hairless limbs and seamless tans. Perfect tens. ...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/inspiration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633fbde1db95caed5e07f1a1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 05:51:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_0eb95c4780df4555b418cff982d4bf36~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_980,h_982,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Hair Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, I decided my woefully unkempt locks warranted a little TLC and a keratin treatment was the way to go.  Spurred on by...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/good-hair-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633fbd2ea862f846e27a9d56</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 05:47:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_83b7f05a15fd4470b9927d84766f324f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Ex-Best Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not all heroes wear capes they say. Well, not all villains are frightening... at first When I leave my apartment, for my daily walk. I'm...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/my-ex-best-friend</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633fbc5ea25eee1bea23dbdd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 05:43:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_098d734684bf42a0a7fd6af3224944b4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_986,h_997,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koneko &#38; Kenji]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year we adopted a cat.  For the uninitiated. Adopting a pet is an entirely different process from bringing home say, a baby. For...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/koneko-kenji</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633ea82a856cebdd005f3fcc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_04d987bed8e047e191ad000e86456430~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_999,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Kiss]]></title><description><![CDATA[This summer we decided to take a family trip to Hunza. For the love of family and the doubtful pleasure of squabbling over the window...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/first-kiss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633ea6bff83344a224f3ea54</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:58:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_ef8b9601f0274987994c35c1f1edbdd4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_324,h_326,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawn Lust]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its Summer ! What's more it's lawn season! Excuse the enthusiasm. It is very very contrived. There are women out there who breeze through...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/lawn-lust</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633ea6869da78d3282c9d5a8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:57:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_53dba76bc2e046cea4f87177fd1e46b1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_991,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non Adventures On Dating Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four years ago my second pregnancy coincided with summer. I was seven months pregnant and I had Hyperemesis Gravidarum. I couldn't keep...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/non-adventures-on-dating-apps</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633ea62fd532345781e742c9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:56:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_5b4cd33ce9c14bb9b21d5e51bf9f1efa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_986,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The (almost) Robbery]]></title><description><![CDATA[My immediate family seems to court low level disaster of some variety or the other with distressing frequency . One Ramadan in my mid...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/the-almost-robbery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633ea508514ed59ee9bd7572</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:54:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_7dfa3713810d45a7bb35f8042b130979~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_987,h_996,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mouse Murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have killed before. Death by septic tank, by scalpel, by electrocution, by acid and occasionally by wiper. Once, the husband brought...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/mouse-murder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633ea4b98ea01ff8eed76f1c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_a3d3a798f10949a1a51d143966637b63~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_917,h_969,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Mothers Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[I. Love. You. I reluctantly scribbled the three words on the inner leaf of a handmade mother's day card. Inwardly I was appalled. The ...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/mothers-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633ea46f5544843c3c31f1e6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_0602f92e8a6b486ebff0926f3c41983c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_547,h_552,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hairy Tale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's  talk hair ladies. I have it, you have it. We all have it. Unfortunately less of it on my head than I would ideally prefer and much...]]></description><link>https://ftariq220.wixsite.com/fundamentallyfatima/post/a-hairy-tale</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633ea401a0bb5c16e00543eb</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:47:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d3b52_7f11d8ecbcb048bdb635467988291340~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_978,h_976,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fatima Tariq</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>