Rima Grace

She went to this other extreme.

But it's hard.

Like I know most of my friends are straddling in between and trying to figure out what to commit to.

But going back to you, just to be clear, how much does Islamic school cost?

Per kid?

So as you were weighing that decision of whether to send them to Islamic school, what conversations were you having with your wife about money?

I handle all of the... Oh, just to take a second.

I think most people don't know that.

Like, yeah.

And Islamically, that's how it's usually set up, right?

So that's how y'all manage your finances.

So then when the conversations around Islamic school started happening, the assumption was that it would fall on you.

So I want to pull up your budget and get into it in a second.

But real quick, just so I understand sort of your background a little bit more, you said that your parents sent you to Islamic school.

And I remember reading in your book that, you know, financially, y'all were kind of strapped, right?

So...

It sounds like, like you were saying earlier, it wasn't a consideration whether or not they could afford it.

It was that important.

They were going to make it work.

Do you feel like you brought that similar mentality when you were looking at your budget?