Mother’s Love

Mother’s Love

Rima Rafiqoh

I never realized …

Time was fleeting …

Now, I never see you again …

I miss you so much, oh my dear Son …

Sometime i feel so alone …
And no one here to tell …

In far away village, one night there is the mother’s song isso really playing melodious.Singing of the mother is so special song for her son who went to Malaysia for five years ago. Actually, she called unlucky women from the people in her village, her name is Ms. Ann. She is a widow who is her husband passed away nine years ago.

Shehad stayed alone in her home because she an elderly women wholived in a small hut by herself. Everyday, she is taking care of all need by herself. Unfortunate fate, she has never mether son for five years, because her son went to another country, Malaysia. She didn’t know whereshe would shelter.

At the morning,Ms. Ann decided to go to Malaysia, because she has longing to see her son. Unfortunately, the place is so far away from she lived.She would leave her hometown. Although,Ms. Ann has never been to go there, make sure she want to visited her son who has gone away over the five years ago. Name of Ms. Ann’s son is ‘’Mike’’ but, many people called him ‘’MalingKundang’’, because he is like rebellious son who never come back to visited his mother in the hometown.

When Ms. Ann isgoing to Malaysia, she just prepare some clothes which she kept in a draggledof bag with many stitching. Ever oncein a while Mike sent his mother a little money but, he has never been to see his mother, he doesn’t care what other person view about him.  Therefore, Ms. Ann determined to see her son and she is so hoping he would come back together with her again.

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Arriving in the village of Malaysia, Ms. Ann worked as a nurse who is taking care for an elderly grandmother in one house of a rich merchant. She was so happy for that, but the bad fate can’t avoid, it turns out she was employed by a man who worked as a sales agent of womenin that area, they would traded women for another country in the world especially Taiwan. Therefore, in the case involved a problem is very serious, Ms. Ann aghast and she prayed'' O Lord, how do I face this problem, while the home that I live now is the home of asales agent of women.

However, God immediately answered her prayer. When the difficult problem came up to her, in the same time God sent a friend who is so good person. She is Ms. Jennywho worked as a gardener atthe merchant’s home but, fortunately she was also an Indonesian person. Every evening both of themalways discuss to finding the escape from merchant’s home who had tortured them during they lived there.Therefore, they believe God would help them.

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One morning, as a routine of Ms. Ann whois taking care foran elderly grandmotherwho was unable to walk, she can walk just help by a wheelchair. The grandmother was kind personbecause she didn’t wants to see her nurse to feel sad. After Ms. Ann had doneall of her work such as finished bathing and eating foran elderly grandmother, suddenly the grandmother told her to open a cupboard that it is containing the keys of the door, she asked her to took one of the back door, then she must immediately run away from the house.

Grandma just wants to see her nurse is happy, although she would feel sad because there is no one nurse who care likes Ms. Anna. However, before she left the home, unforgotten by her to said thanks and goodbye for grandmother. Although the dog kept barking, she didn’t ignore it and packed her clothes then run away from the house.

 Meanwhile, the condition of the house is still quietbecause is very early at the morning.Ms. Anna didn’t want to waste that opportunity to run away from the house, she may immediately open the gate and ran as fast as her-toned. Eventually she founded to escape, when she got on the highway which is so far away from her employer's house. Ms. Annimmediately stopped a car in front of her. Then, Ms. Anna asked the driver’s to allow her called somebody used his phone.She contacted her good friend is Ms. Jenny, because she is the first person that run away from employer’s house.

Fortunately before they’re separate to each other, Ms. Ann has asked Ms. Jenny to give phone numbers belong her, because if she got away from her employer's house, Ms. Ann could called Ms. Jenny’s using that number. Therefore, Ms. Ann immediatelycontacted her friend to inform whereabouts her at the time.

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Finally, Ms. Ann could run away from employer’s house over the month. One week Ms. Ann has stayed at Ms. Jenny’s house. She has longing to see her son because it can’t be delivered with a string of words. Therefore, she wrote apoem is so beautifulin a small room where she lived for a while;

Oh my dear son …

Every time I see you in my mind …
Every night I see you in my dreams …
Sometimes, I regret to meet you because I things to meet you is the happy moment …

I’ll never forget to love you because I miss you so much …
I don’t know, why I should thinking like that , are you same like me ???
I always make our story to my poetry …
Whenever I create my poetry, I cried…
And it’ll make me so difficult to forget you …

The fact, I never wish for you to love me …
I never thought that you must know about my mind …

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When Ms. Anna being carried away by the beautiful poem, suddenly Ms. Jenny knocked on the door, she asked Ms. Ann to accompanyher to go to somewhere. Ms. Ann should believe that her friend has a good purpose.

At the moments when they had arrived that place, Mike was waiting his mother who would come to meet him. Mike accepted the warm embrace of his mother. As long as Ms. Jenny’s help to find Mike. Finally, Ms. Anna could meet her son, then unforgotten by her to said thanks and goodbye for her best friend.

Before Ms. Ann came back to her hometown, she had given Ms. Jenny with the warm embrace. Unfortunately, Ms. Ann couldn’t persuade her son to go home together with herbecause, the money that he collected that timeis not enough to make his mother happy. Therefore, he just worked as a waiter in the coffee bar.

Finally,the mother came back with a little of disappointment. But, she was grateful has been met with her son although only for a moment, while her sadness couldn’t persuade her son togo home with her would be the sad memory for her.

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One day when Ms. Ann on the way to her hometown. Ms. Ann rode of the bus Malaysia to Indonesia. The bus is transportation for the women who worked as a Maids (TKW). At the moment, Ms. Ann feel frightened because she wasn’t one of the women who work legally, but illegally. Suddenly, there was a police of border who checks road border. Therefore, the bus has arrived at the border between Indonesia and Malaysia. Ms. Ann was nervous and scared, althoughshe wasn’t stop to prayer for the God. Fortunately,she had uncaught by the police.

End of the story, Ms. Ann has been arrived her home safely. Now she doesn’t worry anymore because she believes that the God will always keep her. Five keys of that such asconfidence, patience, determination, effort, and the last part ’’We don’t forget to pray for the God always time’’.

Hopefully, this story can be inspirationfor the readers to always devoting to the parents, especially your mother. Remember that ‘’Heaven has your mother’’. Therefore, we must be a child who can be the pride of our parents.

            Month by month has been passed, Mike feel missed for his mother. Therefore, one night Mike read a poem by himself. The poem had created by‘’Howard Johnson (c. 1915)’’.

He believes that beautiful words could describe his hearts that feel missed for his mother. The couplet of the poem is a love expression for his mother.

"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell
"MOTHER," A word that means the world to me.

by ‘’Howard Johnson (c. 1915)’’.

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