1986
Huda 2 / Hadia + Abbas 3
Family buys new house
1987
Huda 3 / Hadia + Abbas 4 / Layla 26
Baba starts a new job
Family watches Fireworks on 4th of July
1988
Amar 1 / Huda 4 / Hadia + Abbas 5
1989
Amar 2 / Huda 5 / Hadia + Abbas 6
1990
Amira 1 / Amar 3 / Huda 6 / Hadia + Abbas 7
1991
Amira 2 / Amar 4 / Huda 7 / Hadia + Abbas 8
Family has a picnic in the meadow
Layla miscarries Jaffer
Layla "disappears" for three days and the kids stay with Seema Auntie (Ali Family)
1992
Amira 3 / Amar 5 / Huda 8 / Hadia + Abbas 9
Hadia wears her yellow dress, considers whether to start wearing a scarf/hijab
Layla teaches kids about sin
1993
Amira 4 / Amar 6 / Huda 9 / Hadia + Abbas 10
Amar calls Hadia to the nurses office to be with him
Layla is concerned about Amar and visits the library with the kids
1994
Amira 5 / Amar 7 / Huda 10 / Hadia + Abbas 11
1995
Amira 6 / Amar 8 / Huda 11 / Hadia + Abbas 12
Amar befriends Mark
Amar wants red running shoes
Amar's spelling test
Hadia wants to wear makeup, tells Baba about Amar cheating
Amar is held back and has to re-do 3rd grade
1996
Amira 7 / Amar 9 / Huda 12 / Hadia + Abbas 13
Hadia has a crush on Abbas, Abbas befriends Amar and gives Hadia gum
Layla attends parent-teacher conference with Oliver Hansen (Amar's teacher)
1997
Amira 8 / Amar 10 / Huda 13 / Hadia + Abbas 14
Family is fasting for Ramadan
1998
Amira 9 / Amar 11 / Huda 14 / Hadia + Abbas 15
Hadia dyes strand of hair blue, wants to go to party
1999
Amira 10 / Amar 12 / Huda 15 / Hadia + Abbas 16
2000
Amira 11 / Amar 13 / Huda 16 / Hadia + Abbas 17
2001
Amira 12 / Amar 14 / Huda 17 / Hadia + Abbas 18
Abbas offers to make Amar his protege
Hadia accepted to premed/med program
Hadia recieves Baba's father's watch
Hadia takes siblings to get ice cream and to the antique shop
Layla visits India
September 11 Attack
Amar fights with schoolmates (3 days after 9/11)
Amar's birthday, gets box from mom (one month after antique shop)
Hadia and Abbas make mango lasse (a week before Hadia leaves for college)
Hadia leaves for college
2002
Amira 13 / Amar 15 / Huda 18 / Hadia + Abbas 19
2003
Amira 14 / Amar 16 / Huda 19 / Hadia + Abbas 20
2004
Amira 15 / Amar 17 / Huda 20 / Hadia + Abbas 21
Amira approaches Amar at random party
Hadia comes home from college to visit, Layla throws a party (jahan) to celebrate Hadia continuing to med school, invites Ali family, Amira leaves note
Abbas has a car accident (4 days after party/jahan)
2005
Amira 16 / Amar 18 / Huda 21 / Hadia 22
Amar meets with Simon and drinks for the first time
Amira and Amar have been e-mailing, Gets storebought watch from Baba as gift, Amar graduation (a few months after Abbas accident)
2006
Amira 17 / Amar 19 / Huda 22 / Hadia 23
Amar and Amira meet up in meadow, Amira brings up proposals from other suitors (2 years post-accident)
2007
Amira 18 / Amar 20 / Huda 23 / Hadia 24
Hadia visits home for summer break, Amar asks Hadia about potential for him to be a doctor
Hadia finds Amar's letters to Amira, tells Huda
Laya checks Amar's box and finds out about Amar and Amira
Layla visits Seema (Ali)
Amar and Amira tunnel convo (break up)
Huda and Rafiq visit graduate school, Amar beginning second year of community college, Amar asks mom about potential for him to be a doctor
Amar visits Amira at her house, Amar tries drugs (3 weeks after tunnel convo)
Hadia home during break (attending majlises, a few months after summer break visit)
Amira asks Hadia if Amar and her could be a good fit
Hadia finds Amar's weed and alcohol
Hadia finds Amar's pills
Hadia's watch missing
Hadia confronts Amar re: pills
Baba brings out the safe
Baba calls Hadia to tell her to come home again
Amar asks Hadia for $500
Huda reminds Hadia of spelling test
Baba and Amar fight, broken frame
Amar leaves
2008
Amira 19 / Amar 21 / Huda 24 / Hadia 25
2009
Amira 20 / Amar 22 / Huda 25 / Hadia 26
2010
Amira 21 / Amar 23 / Huda 26 / Hadia 27
Hadia and Tariq get married, Amar and Amira speak, Amar returns watch, leaves again