Dusk At the End Please

Happy News

Three months have passed.....

Shanum is more comfortable living his days in Bogor. His routine is now back to normal, as before he is always busy with various activities.

Now, in addition to teaching in kindergarten with Shanum's mother, he teaches children in the madrassa in place of his father. Since Shanum returned to Bogor his father chose to occupy himself with other things and let the eldest daughter in charge of replacing him.

Shanum is also actively participating in mosque teenagers in his neighborhood. He became a motivator as well as their tutor in conducting various religious activities in the community.

Shanum's presence there has a positive effect that is welcomed by community leaders and local authorities. Not infrequently he was often invited by the village government to provide studies on education and women for the community in his village.

His father and mother are relieved, although now Shanum is no longer working in the city with a large salary, but he can still be productive to spread his usefulness for others and his environment.

That afternoon Shanum had just returned from the madrassa. He heard a loud noise in the living room of his house. Shanum immediately entered the house out of curiosity about the commotion.

"Assalamu'alaikum" he said as he entered the house.

"Teteeehhh.." Shanum's arrival at the doorway connecting the living room and the living room was greeted with the cry of Farida who had also just arrived there.

Shanum smiled happily, stretching out his hands to welcome the younger brother who had sprinkled into his arms.

"Sir..be careful!" Adam Farida's husband warns his wife that seeing Farida running, there is something she must take care of.

His wife seemed to have forgotten the main purpose of their arrival to this house was to deliver the happy news.

"Teteh, Rida kangen" Farida hugged Shanum tightly, for three months they did not meet face to face. Their communication during this time was only through phone and video calls.

"Eummh....Teteh too" Shanum hugged the sister tightly.

"Sir..." Adam called his wife.

"Ehh.iya Brother" Rida just grinned to break her embrace with Shanum.

"Why?" shanum asked in surprise.

"So he sat down first Dek, pity the new cape home" Adam again reminded.

He knew that his wife was very affectionate and always proud of his brother. Often Rida told me that she was very lucky to have an older sister like Shanum. He has always been a good example to his younger siblings and has always been a reliable and proud child of the whole family.

"Yes.iya.." Rida took Shanum by the hand and invited him to sit down with his father, mother, sister and husband.

"When are you guys coming?" Shanum asked as Adam thrust his hand out to shake his hand.

Unchanged since first meeting her brother-in-law until this moment, Shanum only cupped his hands together in front of his chest when shaking hands. Adam also understood.

"Just now, Tea. We deliberately came in the afternoon, tomorrow morning Rida would take a walk to the plantation he said." replied Adam.

The ancestral house of Grandpa and Grandma Shanum, which is now occupied by their families, is near the tea plantation area in Bogor. Very fitting if early in the morning walk to the plantation area, in addition to the cool air there also we will be presented with a very beautiful view spoil the eyes of anyone who saw it.

"Yes Tea, I want to take a walk to the plantation with Teteh", Rida chimed in on her husband's explanation.

A moment of silence, but a second later the atmosphere turned boisterous.

"Well.....ngidam? Shanum and other family members also confirmed Rida's statement that she wanted to take a morning walk to the plantation.

"Yes Ma'am, thank God we were finally trusted to have a baby. Dek Rida is now pregnant, the age of the womb is now only two months." Adam responds to their shock with news of Rida's pregnancy.

Shanum, who heard the happy news, shouted happily.

"Aaaaaa......Thank God, you finally want to be a mother, Dek" Shanum hugged his beloved sister again. He also felt the happiness of the newlyweds. Shanum took off his embrace and rubbed his sister's stomach while praying for her.

"May Allah ease all the process of pregnancy and childbirth later yes.., so the son of shaleh, knowledgeable and full of devotion, son.." do'a Shanum sincerely for his sister and future nephew.

Father and Mother were no less happy to hear they would get new family members. Getting a grandchild will be a happiness for both parents. Being a future grandparent and grandmother makes them very happy and grateful to get that opportunity.

However, mom's happy smile suddenly came to a halt. He looked at Shanum deeply, feeling pity for the fate of his eldest son who until now has not met his soul mate. The father who saw clearly the change in facial expression of the mother also poked his wife's arm. He shook his head as his wife turned her head, giving the code not to show such a face in front of her children.

"From now on Adek and Abang must be more diligent in learning, demanding knowledge to provide in educating children. A mother must have adequate and extensive knowledge to move her family. Thus the learning process of his children can go well with a father",

"The obligation to educate the child is not when he has entered school age. But the education of the child must begin in the cradle. Even some of the information suggests to be able to have a godly child, shalehah must start from the stage of finding a partner."

"A wife or mother has a very strategic role in the family, because the woman or mother is a madrasatul ula, the first school for her children. Then he must have good knowledge to be able to educate his children well."

"Adek already father and mother of school, already equipped with the science of religion Inshaa Allah, now is the right time for Adek to practice the knowledge that Adek has at home in the Adek household itself. Not just to work and get a big salary. But first the family as the first to receive our benefit. Because the best work of a woman is the adab and noble character of her children."

"At some point will we be asked what we have passed on to our children? but it is not about what you leave for your children but rather what we live in our children."

"The child is a reflection of us, a reflection of the way we educate. So if later the behavior of many children who have problems, yes.means there is something wrong with how to educate us."

"The righteous parent, his obedience is imitated by the child because a child learns from what he sees, he hears and he feels. The child is the master impersonator. They saw and recorded everything around him."

"If you want to have a good and loving child, start by making yourself a kind and loving person. May Allah guide Adek and Abang in carrying out this glorious trust"

Mr. Imran gave long-term advice to his second daughter and her husband. Everyone seemed to be listening carefully.

Their togetherness that afternoon was stopped when the adzan maghrib roared. All family members prepare for the Maghrib prayer. Mr. Imran, Adam and Fauzan are getting ready to go to the mosque. While Shanum with his mother and sister chose to perform congregational prayers at home.

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Even in the morning, the king of the afternoon still seemed shy to show himself. After dawn prayers and tadarus Shanum immediately prepared himself to take the younger brother for a morning walk to the plantation.

Shanum came out of his room in full sportswear. Passing through the kitchen to pick up shoes, Shanum saw that the mother was busy with her kitchen affairs. He stopped and approached his mother.

"What are you cooking again?" shanum asked curiously.

"Mom made fried bananas. Last night Adekmu ngigau want to eat fried bananas made by mother when I wake up he said.hhe..." Mom chuckled as she said it, feeling funny about the behavior of her second daughter who was pregnant young.

"Nggigau?" tanya Shanum felt funny.

"Yes" the mother replied, they laughed again with Rida's strange behavior.

"Where's the Grandpa now, Mom?" shanum asked as he picked up one fried banana from the plate his mother had served.

"She's still in her room" the mother replied without turning her head, she focused on her fried banana dishes. Shanum was cool to enjoy a special banana fry made by the mother that is second to none according to Shanum.

"Come, Tea" Rida suddenly came up with an appearance that was ready for a morning walk.

Seeing Shanum who was still cool with his fried banana breakfast, he sat next to Shanum and participated in enjoying the mother's fried banana greedily because since last night it felt like it was in his throat. Shanum just shook his head to see the behavior of pregnant women in front of him.

***

The green-looking expanse of tea gardens became a beautiful sight that spoiled their eyes this morning. Clean cool air fills every cavity of their lungs.

Shanum and his sisters plus the presence of a sister-in-law walked down the streets in a plantation area that looked still quiet. They head for higher ground to enjoy the sunrise.

Fauzan is on standby with his camera to capture every moment of their morning walk. It's been a long time like this they haven't done. Since Shanum was busy with his work in Bandung caused him to rarely go home, along with their togetherness became reduced.

Including the agenda of the usual morning walks the three of them did when the weekend had not been realized for a long time since a few months ago. And after all the full moon, today they again feel happiness with their current togetherness.

Fauzan seemed busy perpetuating the second brother and her husband who took pictures in various styles. After taking a walk, they decided to take a picture before going home.

Shanum who was standing a little far away from them just looked at them from a distance with a smile. Her heart warmed, and she was calm to see the happiness of her sister Farida. Adam Farida's husband looks so very loving and affectionate to his sister. He was relieved to see his sister had found the right person to be his life companion.

"We should be the ones taking pictures like that"

The familiar voice of someone in Shanum's ears suddenly startled him. Shanum turned towards the source of the voice.

Someone who honestly he missed was standing right in front of him. After their last meeting about three months ago, they never again engaged in any communication.