Arumi Sekar

kindness in return for goodness

tired for sure, it even felt like a bone crumble in my tiny body.

taking care of a sick parent is not easy, what's more these two people at once, plus three children, although Rini and Rere are good and obedient children, but at the age they also can not help the homework intact, what's more, they are used to being pampered, all must be available without the need to bother, but it is not possible, too, I kept silent to let mistakes be taught to them, and I began teaching them to help with homework, starting from sweeping, mopping and dishwashing, to cooking, to cooking, irika and nyuci I did the work.

With the family situation is not good, I decided not to first continue college, after graduation I focus on taking care of home and health budhe also pakdhe.

om Huda actually asked me to go to college, and would look for a maid to take care of the house and her children, but I could not bear to, leaving budhe and pakdhe, their bodies sick, and their bodies, even with their hearts that are more sick with the behavior of his daughter, even with the condition of his sickly parents, mbak Irma did not change at all, still likes vague chirping, he said, even sometimes not to go home, om Huda decided to return home just for the sake of his children, so that the relationship between om huda and his wife like a stranger who does not know each other, even though he lives one roof, so that the relationship between om huda and his wife is like a stranger who does not know each other, even though he lives one roof, this situation is what sometimes makes budhe and pakdhe worse.

Rini, Rere and Reza, they're getting closer to me than their mother, they're listening more to me than their mother, maybe it's because Irma's ignoring her children too often.

the late mas often sent me money, he said as a thank you because I take care of his parents very well, even the late mas also bought me the latest mobile phone, jewelry and nice clothes, too, mas End promised to pay for my college later, if I was ready to continue my studies, I am grateful to still have such a good family and care for me, he said, even om huda also always give money to me once a month, because he said I have helped maintain and take care of his children well, even his children grow up with a good attitude, polite, and caring, obedient and clever.

I used the money I got from Huda and the Final mas to help my mother's needs, sent her some, and the rest I saved, I saved, because I still dream to be able to continue my education after the state of budhe and pakdhe improved.

years of living and living in a family that may be in the eyes of the outsider is so perfect and beautiful, having everything with the looks of living a pile of treasures, when in fact in so empty and wounds that exist, lack of love, let alone affection, bland, like vegetables without salt.

I began to get used to the state of this family, even getting used to all the facilities and luxurious life, the money that continues to flow from om huda and the final mas is not small, he said, until I can buy what I want, but Alhamdulillah, I never leave my worship and my love for HIM, even in this house, once all the residents were reluctant to teach and pray, now gradually, now gradually, all by getting used to running it, not least with mba Irma and om huda, Alhamdulillah, there is wisdom behind everything that happens, hopefully the relationship of imnhuda and mbak Irma also berlahan can improve, in order not to fall further into the waste of sin.

time continues to pass, the state of budhe gradually improved, and has begun to move again as before, staying pakdhe increasingly thin and weak days, even almost once a month to go to the hospital and be treated, he said, with the state of budhe improved and gradually healthy, the final mas found his soul mate and finally married the woman of his choice, a beautiful woman from Surabaya who had once been his student, the person was gentle and polite, and finally married, that's the picture of the wife of the final mas, married with a simple event because of the circumstances pakdhe that is not possible, but it appears a happy twinkle implied from the faces of both parents that I have considered as my own parents.

after marrying the final mas and his wife decided to stay in Surabaya, and leave budhe also pakdhe to me, even the final mas added monthly money for me.

after the final wedding, only three months later, pakdhe breathed his last, because the pain was severe and God loved him more, maybe this was the best way for him, because the pain was worse, in order not to bear any more pain, in his last time before he died, Pakdhe called me and gave me a map containing a serifikat of land, houses and rice fields, and a savings book, the certificate that has been in my name, and the nominal savings are not a few have also switched with my name, honestly I was surprised to get all of this, because I did take care of him iklas, I did, sincere and make my duty as a form of obedience to my parents, but pakdhe reciprocated much more that never existed in my mind, pakdhe asked me to keep it, because the property given to me, all his personal property, all his personal property, no one knows if the pakdhe has a stash of houses and rice fields, except for his inheritance that is already known, the rice fields with hectares, the house now occupied, coconut groves, coconut groves, and the moor that is not far from this house, that is the only property that appears in the eyes of his family, the rest they do not know, the rest they do not know, so pakdhe asked me to hide what he had given me as a handle for me later, I could only cry and wish a miracle for the healing of the good man I had cared for for for almost two years in full, but fate said another, the next day after I had cleaned the room and fed it, pakdhe closed his eyes forever.

#never expect a reward for the good we do for others, because when we do good for others, we actually do good for ourselves.