Dad, I Want to Go Home

2. As long as there is a Mother

Wiping away her tears, Rachel answered her teacher's question." There's a mother on my path, hard for me to want. As long as there is a mother by my side, I will be sad for the rest of my life. There is nothing more painful a child feels if they have to lose both parents when they are young. As long as there's a mother, my happiness feels perfect, so I'm never ashamed of having a mad mother." Rachel breathed a sigh of relief after answering her teacher's question.

Mita's mother hugs this little girl who is so tough facing a life of deprivation with a father who only sells his energy for rupiah and a mother who spends her time with mental illness.

"You are patient, baby. Think of the life you are currently living as a difficult test. If you can get through it, your degree will be exalted by God." Mita's mother said as she wiped the tears of Rachel who tried to smile at her.

The two return to tell stories until Mita's mother finally returns home. Rachel escorted her teacher so as not to stray to where the place because Mita's mother had just come to the canyon.

"Tomorrow mom can play here, Rachel again? Mump is still on holiday." Pinta Bu Mita's.

"Please mother! With pleasure. Thank you for stopping by my hut. I'm sorry Rachel couldn't offer anything to the teacher." Rachel.

"Mother to thank you for giving me a valuable lesson today." Said Mita's mother who was still this girl.

The two waved their hands. Rachel went back to her house to wash some of the dirty furniture she had cooked.

Shortly after, both of his parents returned home. The father put his hand on the wife so devotedly.

For Rachel, her father was a real man who never turned away from his wife when the woman who had given him a daughter went crazy when her daughter was three years old.

Rachel welcomed her parents by preparing lunch for them. When gathered like this, the three of them felt the warmth of the family. Although Rachel can only communicate with her father, but her mother always smiles, whether Rachel is sad or happy, Oca's mother, can only express her feelings through her smile.

"Dad...! There was Miss Mita, my school teacher stopped by our house. We talked a lot today and he didn't hesitate to play here even though we were like this and Rachel told Ms. Mita what she was." Reveal Rachel.

"Oh yes. I'm glad to hear that. As long as you're comfortable with your teacher, I don't have a problem." Said Lukman.

Mr. Lukman prepared medicine for his wife to drink the thirty-year-old woman. Mr. Lukman had to accompany his wife in order to take a nap and not be crawled again in the market. He had to go back to work because someone was using his power.

"Dad will be home before magrib. Wait for your mother and make sure she doesn't come back to the market." Said Mr. Lukman after performing sublime prayers with his daughter, Rachel.

"Good, dad." Rachel then greeted her father who was back at work.

Rachel stroked her mother's hair, which looked damp.

"Tomorrow, Rachel's gonna clean mom's hair." Rachel answered and then kissed her mother.

This girl took her textbook to do schoolwork for Monday. Rachel is a very bright student in her class. No wonder he always gets brilliant achievements in his class.

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"Why should Mita's mother bother bringing souvenirs for us?"

"It just so happened that I was shopping for my daily needs and remember you, so I bought it for you. Please don't be rejected!" Say this 20-year-old girl.

Ms. Mita is classified as a girl who comes from a family. When her boyfriend breaks up their relationship for reasons that are unclear, Ms. Mita wants to calm her mind and apply for Rachel's school, where her salary is small. He wants to escape his sadness and disappointment by pursuing useful things.

His father was a great businessman in Jakarta. But Bu Mita prefers to live in a small town in an area very far from the city of Jakarta in Sumatra.

After tidying up the souvenirs from Bu Mita on a small shelf of rattan wicker made by her father, Rachel told Bu Mita to shampoo her mother's hair. Ms. Mita did not mind that because she wanted to see how a little Rachel took care of her mother.

Rachel took her mother to the river. When she arrived at the creek, Rachel doused her mother's head with river water using a dipper from a coconut shell that had been cleaned. What a surprise Miss Mita was when Rachel washed her mother's hair with detergent.

"Rachel...! Why do you shampoo your mother's hair with detergent why not use shampoo?"

"Because we can't buy shampoo because it saves on expenses. The money we have is just to eat and buy mother's medicine."

Degggm...

Bu Mita's heart was like being squeezed strongly by the bitter reality felt by little Rachel." God, why is it so sad Rachel's life while I have everything still complain to God just out of love." Batin Bu Mita's.

Because Bu Mita arrived already afternoon makes it difficult to return to the market because the market is now closed. He promises to buy Rachel the need to live a normal life like everyone else.

After replacing his mother's clothes and this crazy woman looks clean, he even wants to go down to the market when it is soon before magrib.

As much as possible Rachel kept her mother from staying at home but her mother was determined to return to the market.

"Mother...! Don't go again! soon father came home," Rachel asked while pulling her mother's hand, but Rachel's hand was crushed by her mother.

"Next Rachel give me money, ma'am." Rachel, but her mother doesn't care.

Every time Rachel tried to pull her mother's hand, her mother always revolted and tried to remove her daughter's hand from her hand to make the little fingers red.

Rachel finally relented and followed her mother to the market while crying bitterly. Her mother's rejection had her heart broken. His cry sobbed to become a spectacle of people in the market. Some are concerned about Rachel's circumstances but others feel indifferent.

"Oh my mother, how expensive I must pay my debt to you who have conceived and given birth to me with great difficulty that I must pay with this kind of miserable feeling." Rachel's inner voice crying.

Not long after, Rachel meets her father and Mr. Lukman holds her tired-looking daughter until Rachel falls asleep in her father's arms. The three returned to their home right I saw adzan magrib.