Originally Posted by morate

I have been reading and searching about Islam for several years now. I have been praying in my own home - but not the way I should. I have been trying to meet another Muslim, ah yes, to invite me to a mosque, there are several an hour or less away. I have not. And I am afraid to go alone. I am wanting some sense of community but I am paralyzed by my ignorance. There is so much I do not know and I have never been inside a mosque. My husband is not interested in going with me (and I feel I could benefit more from the guidance of a sister in these matters.) Also, I have children that are in need of being raised on the right path. I have prayed to meet someone who can help me through this obstacle but my prayers are not steady and my faith is desperate. Of course, I undertsand it is not obligatory for women to attend
mosque (?) and this complicates matters for me.

It sounds so easy, what you have written, and I am struggling so...