Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Yogyakarta, November 4th 2009
@My messy room rent 2nd floor Pogung Baru A7

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY MOM!!!

I'm really overwhelmed with gratitude because of having a supermom like you.

I wish you will always be in good health and ever lasting happiness, stay strong to face every problem that comes. Amen!!!

I had a phone call with my mom this morning. After congratulating her for her 41st birthday today, I asked her about what she desired to have as gift. Her half kidding and half serious answer was: A set of Al-Quranku with the price 880 KIDR.

Actually I could fulfill her wish but no matter how, I still preferred to use my money for my vacation after the end of this horrible semester. What an egoistic child I am?!? But I has promised to myself that someday I'll buy that set of Al-Quran for my mom. KEEP MY WORD!!!

From my mom's voice, I knew that she had missed me so deeply. Spontaneously, I promised to her that I would go home after my last exam tomorrow. She was so happy to hear that promise.

Hoaffffhhhhh....
I really wanna go home as soon as possible.

After the phone call had ended, I sent an email to CA7 -the one that inspired me about child love to mom.

CA7…

I really say thanks to you.
Time when I talked to you about children’s love to their family (esp. their mom) has become a deception point for me. This morning, I wake up and a few minutes later, I called my mom to congratulate her because today is her birthday. She sounded so happy when talked to me. She talked about many things (about my dad, my siblings, our neighbor, her new activity as social volunteer and many more).

Like her last year birthday, I asked her what she really wished to have as gift from me. Her answer today was so different from her answer last year [like what I told to you via YM last night that for a few years ago, kidding or not, she used to ask me to give her grandchildren as gift and it became a hard thing for me because I hadn't ever thought about that even I had not ever thought about marriage].

Her answer for today was: she wished to have a set of Al-Quran. I asked her why that thing. As I know, she has already had Al-Quran. Then she explain that the Al-Quran she meant is Al-Quran that written in big letters, completed with tadjwid, translations and Romans letters. She really wants that Al-Quran because she wants to be able to read the Quran in better way, to understand every sentence in better way in order to be closer to Allah.
And then I asked about the price of the Quran she meant.

She informed the price and then laughed because she realized that I was still a student, Had not had job to earn money so I must not be able to afford that gift. She even said sorry because she thought that her ‘silly’ wish had bothered me. I said that was OK. I promised to myself to fulfill her wish even though I don’t know when the time I’ll be able to do that.

Then she told me that she missed me so deeply. Spontaneously, I told her that tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow morning I would go home. She sounded so happy hearing that. But then she told me not to force myself of going home. She has known well that I’m the one who can’t stand being home so for a few years since I entered the college, she never forced me to go home even for Idul Fitri Days. She missed her eldest daughter but she didn’t want to see me get depressed like I used to be every time I was home.

I remember an advice you gave to me that even it is a simple gift, it will make my parent happy as long as I give it sincerely. I realized that the simple thing that can make my mom happy is my coming home. It might sound cliche but that’s the truth. She really want to meet me. So I should break the barrier between me and my home (and my dad actually) to make my mom happy even for a while.

PFFFHHH…
Sorry for bothering you with this ‘Sok English’ junk mail. But unboredly I really say thanks to you. I hope your wish to take your mom to Mecca will become true as soon as possible.
Good Luck!!!

Since this day, I has believed that every element in this universe has it owns role and play in bringing our happiness (adapted from Paulo Coelho's Novel : The Alchemy). No matter how, I believe that CA7 has become a new element in my life.

My Great Allah, I really say thank to You for all You has given to me.