This post I dedicated to my beloved Dad (Rahimahullah) who passed away on 16th April 2021.
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Since I was young, I always envy to the girls or boys who has a good relationship to their Dad. I just felt like there is a gap between me and my brothers to our dad. I couldn’t see him a lot in my memory or moments when I was young, teenager and before married. I only know, my dad and mom always go to the school (they are teacher btw) together early morning before I wake up and around 2007 or 2008 they started to go to school after Subuh prayer when in SHS’s Jakarta study time start at 6.30 am.
My Dad always ask me and my brothers about our school, time for mid test or final test, or sometimes talked about what happen in his school when we gather together at terrace house and always become a listener because the rest of us are talkative person.
When report card distribution time, my parents also doing the same, fortunately my dad can reschedule to next day or before our schedule. He also a person in charge to do extrovert matter, such as : looking for school for my tests (Simak UI, UMB, SNMPTN) where be placed and accompany me when the test was be held. I also remember every time I comes out from class after test, he always said
“Hey, do you want to drink Teh Botol Sosro before we go back to house?”
He asked that because he likes sweet drinks, especially tea (hahaha lol) and he was waiting me at canteen or small store around the school. He also accompany me to interview session around Cempaka Mas, the place that I didn’t familiar because too far from our house. Sadly that was not a job I wanted and I failed whereas my dad already spent much money to use taxi and he also asked me to lunch before we go back.
After I got a stable job, I was busy to save money for my marriage but I tried to buy something for my dad or mom even there were not expensive. I bought polo shirt, shirt and perfume for my dad and he really like that shirt until the end of his life :’)
After I got married on 2016, I moved from my parent’s house to my rent house and bought credit house. Nothing has changed a lot because we busy with our jobs. My parents still working as a teacher, me and my brothers also busy with our works. We used to gather together on weekend or gone to somewhere.
Till the day on 13th May 2018, my mother was retired as a civil teacher (in 60 years old) and we told to our dad to retired also, since he is almost 64 years old at that time and he approved. Then, I realized my dad become more extrovert to us, to me. Maybe because my husband and I frequently come to my parents house, or maybe he felt like losing his children and hasn’t got any activities like years before.
Last year, on 2020 when covid19 was come to Indonesia, we are not gather together for almost 6 month, only via social media and only met at Eid 1441 H, the last photo session with full family’s member :’(
On December 2020, there are 2 times, short vacation with my mom and dad. Yap this is very rare moment when my dad is going together with us to stay at hotel. He was so happy when we visited Cibodas and stayed overnight at Hotel in Puncak. Maybe he remember some unforgettable moments when he was young at Cibodas and Puncak. I still remember your smile pah, at that moment :’) you even asked hotel’s brochure to receptionist when we were going back.
I am truly happy with our last vacation. No one knows it will be a cherish moment to us in months later..you always remember how a happy you are until your last breath dad T_T
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