Mother’s Love
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.
***
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.
***
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.
***
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
…
***
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.
***
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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