Ramadan

The Sower by Vincent Van GoghI could not keep my eyes off his name tag. The check-out clerk did not look Middle Eastern, but his name tag read, “Ramadan.” I knew Muslims fast during daylight hours for thirty days during the month of Ramadan.

“I have never seen anyone with that name,” I observed. “Is that your faith?”

“Yes,” Ramadan replied. “I was born during Ramadan.” Continue reading “Ramadan”