Bila Ibu kita sudah tua.
Ibu kita ini sering kesunyian. Ibu sering ketakutan. Ibu sering dilanda kerinduan. Dahulunya hidup si Ibu bertemankan suaminya yang dicintai. Kini teman sehidupnya telah lama pergi. Janji semati tidak mampu lagi ditepati. Tinggallah si Ibu sendirian meniti hari.
Jika kita letak diri di tempat Ibu sebegini, mampukah kita menjawab soalan - soalan yang bermain di fikirannya? Dapatkah kita mendengar bisikan hatinya tanpa menitiskan sedikit pun air mata?
...Continue ReadingWhen our mother is old.
Our mother is often lonely. Moms are often scared. Mother is often affected by longing. Once a mother lived with her beloved husband. Now friends in life are long gone. The promise of the life is no longer able to be fulfilled. Leave the Mother alone on the day.
If we put ourselves in a mother's place like this, can we answer the questions that play on her mind? Can we hear the whisper of his heart without shed a little tear?
Well, feel some of what's playing on our Moms mind.
′′ My husband, why did you go first? Why leave love alone? My husband, dear miss, how do you love to live this life? Baby is scared, love is quiet. Love can't live alone. Please return my husband. Unusual love. We always do everything together. Why go first? What do you want to do? Baby is so scared."
At the time and time I type the verse in the paragraph above, I literally cry desperately - esak like a child. That's just a little bit actually. Can't afford to dive any deeper. My heart feels so small as squeezed - pinch being as small as a guli. The eyes are heavy looking, the shoulder is still heavy.
Don't be reprimanded why Mom always remember what the late Father likes and does together often. Dozens of years, there must be things that will be attached to Mom's mind forever. Surely every one that has been touched, will be felt, every happiness that has been fulfilled, will be remembered.
Don't dare talk about ′′ move on ′′ and life must go on. If we have never felt the loss of a friend who has been together for decades, we will never ever understand the longing and loss that Mother has passed until we go through it ourselves.
Don't you rudely suggest a replacement. Mom already knows who's waiting for her in heaven later. The most loved person is the husband.
Our mother is often misunderstood. Usually Mom doesn't mean what we interpret. Sometimes Mom is too honest because she's been tired all the time holding back, taking care of her heart and always ignoring her sensitivity.
We as younger, we as children must be patient. Although sometimes it's bitter to swallow, but we have to accept the way our Mother is as Mom has accepted us since we were young.
How can we not stand the burden of mother while this Mother is the one who gave birth to us? How can we raise our voice to the people who introduced us to the world? If you ever treated a mother like this, don't you remember sin, a rebellious child?
When was the last time we asked our Mother what our Mother wanted to do? If there is, try to realise it. If you haven't, make it as soon as possible. We don't know maybe it's his last desire or maybe that realised desire will give him the spirit to live for years.
At this age, Mom likes to tell stories. Sometimes the same thing. Surely most of the old things. Pay attention to him. Enjoy the conversation and the sharing. That's all that's left in Mom's mind, past things. Memory of a million color life. Moments of joy, distress, role model and border. As long as you can, take it all. Absorb the sharing. Hopefully we can follow through the experience of life.
Old age brings a thousand pain. Practice asking how our Mother's health is. Accompany Mom to the hospital when needed. Now everything is upside down. Remember us when we were small? How scared are we to see a Doctor? However, Mother's hand leadership calms everything down. Just like now. Our mother is like a terrified child, believe that she really needs a soul calm that we are her children.
The end of the word, let us not be children who do not remember our services. When we're in trouble, Mother among the first to put a hand out. Everytime we feel like being angry at Mom, think what we have donated to her? Is it the same as what we have ever received? If not, it's better to be silent than to say. Because our responsibility will not be equal. No matter how much gem gold is in the world, we can't afford to give Mother lives.
So much my heart nukilan about Mom. Hopefully can open eyes and mind.
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If your mother is gone, pray and give charity through the benefits she has given and in her name. Hopefully this can help him in the afterlife.
Credit: Akhtar SyamirTranslated
