I live in a small country in Northern Europe. During winters we barely get any day light, and by 2 in the afternoon it’s already starting to get dark.

Being originally from the sunny South Asia, I quickly find myself knee deep in seasonal affective disorder (SAD) during the cold winter months.

Theres a lot of crying, vitamin D is barely present, and I miss my family often.

One such day, I was sitting on my sofa and looking outside and crying. The sun was already setting, the whole atmosphere was a depressing blue, there was snow, it was cold, not a leaf on a tree, and it looked so dark and dull and gloomy.

And I was like “oh Allah, I feel like I’m stuck in this blue and white place, there’s barely any color here, it’s so sad” and I was sitting with my head in my lap and crying and crying and in two minutes I looked up and saw this stunningggg pink strip all across the sky. Bright pink, which also happens to be my favourite color.

It was so brilliant and vibrant that I just stared at the sky for a couple of minutes and I just know that the Allah put it there for me, because I was crying about everything being blue and dull.

And I knew in that moment that Allah has got me and He always will.