Alexis McBride

October 3, 2023

The Blessings of My Defined Benefit Pension: A Solution for Women, Blacks and Latinos; Two Names of Allah (SWT); Self-Evident Truths; Advice Given to All Hiltons; One Size Does Not Fit All; Unfinished Umrah Business Brings Me Back to Medinah; Reel of December 2020 Umrah; Photos of That Umrah and Next Trip

I am daily grateful for the pension received monthly from the Marin County Employee’s Retirement Association. I received the following information in an email sent from the National Institute on Retirement Security. A new report from the…

October 1, 2023

Notes From Heaven; Goodbye to Park Inn; Woman That Returned the Remote; Delighted to Say; High Speed Train to Medina; Conversations with Young Saudi Woman with Similar Values; The Inside Story of Portraits Over the Years; I Have Evolved; Photos of the Prophet’s Mosque

I am, at this precise moment, t writing from heaven. Know it is not Jannah because I am not dead yet. Judgment Day has not yet arrived. There must be many things to accomplish on…

September 30, 2023

The World is My Oyster; I am Sitting on Top of the World Yet Again; Greeting on Arrival at Park Inn Reminds Me of Being Called Kind in Riyadh; Kind and Kindhearted Defined; Being in the Right Place at the Right Time Twice in My Life; Here Only because I am a Muslim; Beautiful Photo Sent by Hanan and a Reel Portraits Over the Years

The world is my oyster at this moment. In English, “the world is your oyster” means that you can do anything you wish or go anywhere you want in your life because you have the ability…

September 29, 2023

Morning in Mecca; Conversations with a Medina Man and a Malaysian Woman; Yesterday an Another Unbelievable Day; Unbelievable Defined and Illustrated; Portions of Blog Written From an Airplane Flight; Search for a Handsome Seat Mate Successful; The Saudi National Anthem in English; Photo of Flowers and Me

The dream of every Muslim is to wake up in Mecca. I am now realizing the dream. There are some glitches however because I cannot find the prayer rug. It is a necessary staple in…

September 26, 2023

The Names of Allah; A Daily Worshipful Exercise; Reluctant and Chicanery Defined; Examples of Allah’s Providing, Granting and Meeting My Needs; A Post Facial Reel; Reel of a New Found Friend: Mecca for Visitation Explained

Everyday I open a book gifted to me by Mr. Ali of the Medina Olerio Hotel for inspiration and guidance. The book is The Beautiful Names of Allah. One of the 99 names is picked at random. This…

September 25, 2023

Update From Yesterday’s Blog; My Feet Have Touched the Ground; Room For Improvement Needed; Learning the Error of My Ways; Zip Your Lip; I Don’t Get No Respect; Wondrous Plans Evolving: Photos of Flowers, a Card and Handsome Arab Men

I am becoming slightly more realistic about. Saudis. As the expression goes: My feet have touched the ground: actually with a bit of a thud. If you say that someone has their feet on the…

September 24, 2023

Saudis Know How to Do Things; An Absolutely Unbelievable Saudi National Day: Saudi Facts, Saudi Fun and Constitution Compared to Canadian and US Versions; In My Life; Boisterous and a Bedouin Tent Reel; Photos of Celebrants and a Camel and His Caretaker

I constantly am shaking my head in sheer wonderment. Me: Those Saudi’s know how to do things!! Alter Ego: What do you mean? Me: Absolutely everything they do. If is totally mind boggling! Entirely!!! Alter…

September 23, 2023

An Excellent Way to Start the Day; Improbable Defined: Chill of a Dark Winter Needed To Cherish Summer’s Warmth; Chill of a Dark Winter is Canada; Saudi Arabia a Warm Bright Summer; Muddle Defined; Reel Showing a Tourist Free. Destination With Many Birds

My life seems so improbable, but it is real. I am not imagining anything. As I write it is 4:20 September 23, which happens to be Saudi National Day. Writing was interrupted because the alarm…

September 22, 2023

Missed an Earlier Instagram Like to a Response; Link Provided; Jet Lag Postponed Not Avoided; Negotiating a Muslim Marriage Contract; An Analogy to Riding a Bike; Trepidation Experienced and Described; An Oasis Instead of a Desert; A Reel of Saudi National Day Preparation; Photograph of a Building Bathed in Green, Flowers and a Welcoming Card

Somehow I missed this. In my blurry jet lagged state of mind I suddenly saw on Instagram that I had received 399 Likes to one of my responses. That is huge, gigantic even. A black…

September 20, 2023

Welcome Back is the Refrain at the Riyadh Hilton; Groggy Defined and Experienced; The First Class Lounge in Doha is Heaven on Earth For Many Reasons; William and Beryl Meet, Fall and Love and are Married Thanks to Alex; Finally Learn I have a Passion for This Blog

I am back in Riyadh, arriving at 3 in the morning, after a seven hour layover in the Hammond International Airport in Doha, Do not feel sorry for me. The First Class Lounge is the…