Longing Memories

A Little Story of the Past

"Who are you? What do you want?!"

"Dec, wake up deck! You why?" I felt a slow slap on my cheek that came from Mas Hanif.

I suddenly woke up feeling like something was pulling my tribe back into my body. With sweat pouring down my forehead and a fairly fast heartbeat, I saw the situation around me. Confused, why am I suddenly in a room with a sleeping position?

"What dream did you have decked out to be like that scared person? Look at the sweat you got a lot out." Ask Mas Hanif.

Ahhh, I finally understood that I was dreaming. But, the dream felt so real that I could not tell which world I was in at the time. I saw the clock stuck to the wall, time has shown at 2 p.m. Just like when I woke up in my dreams. I was afraid, this time I was still in a dream state.

"Mas, pinch Sarah, mas." I said to Mas Hanif.

Mas Hanif immediately pinched my hand and made myself scream instantly from illness.

"Loh, he said ask to be pinched." Mas Hanif said back.

"Yes, make a mastiin if Sarah has no more dreams. By the way how could Mas Hanif get in here?"

"Your room is not locked, it keeps passing because it wants to go to the kitchen, you cry like a man is afraid, so I rush in afraid there is nothing about you."

Mas Hanif looked at me in wonder, as if waiting for my answer about what had just happened to me.

"Sarah dreams mas. But strangely, Sarah's time in dreams. It's so weird, it keeps cringing." I explained to Mas Hanif while shivering.

Mas Hanif gave me a drink first to feel calmer. She stroked my hair slowly. I fell silent again because I was still dreaming about my dreams. Very strange, why did the mysterious female voice mention my grandmother's name? What's happened before.

Based on the story of my grandfather and grandfather who are the oldest children of grandparents, when grandfather married to grandmother, grandfather was a young man who came from a simple family. In fact, it could be said that his life was all short because both of my grandfather's parents or my great-grandfather only worked as laborers who were told to work on the rice fields owned by the residents, the residents, of course, with wages that are not enough but enough to eat everyday.

My grandfather was seen one eye by both his parents-in-law or my great-grandmother. Because he came from a poor family, my grandfather was not considered a son-in-law in a large family of grandmothers. He was even told this was like a housekeeper in the home of the grandmother's parents.

But all that eventually changed after my grandmother's parents, more precisely my great-grandfather suffered from a strange disease and no one could treat him. Already dozens of doctors and smart people who come to the house try to treat the disease of great-grandfather, but the disease still does not disappear, even to the point of making the body of great-grandfather become thin and dry.

Grandfather who was already the husband of the grandmother became unable to see his in-laws suffer. Although never considered a son-in-law, but my grandfather still showed his service as a child to the parents of the grandmother. While everyone was confused by the illness that afflicted my great-grandfather, grandfather volunteered to help cure the illness. At first, many people underestimated my grandfather's intentions, including his own wife, my grandmother. But grandfather did not care, with a spacious and sincere heart, grandfather still tried to cure the disease of great-grandfather little by little.

Only by praying, dhikr, and practicing special prayers that are read aloud continuously every day, grandfather asked God to help cure his in-laws disease. Miraculously, the disease slowly, little by little reduced by itself even until finally great-grandfather became completely healed. The entire family that had been underestimating the existence of grandfather became amazed and respectful. Including my grandmother's parents. They both became more appreciative of my grandfather and loved my grandfather like his own son because grandfather managed to heal the strange disease. My great-grandfather and great-grandmother even offered a few acres of rice fields and other treasures to grandfather as their thanks. Grandpa refused all of that. Grandfather prefers to tell them to immediately repent and get closer to God so that they are always given birth and inner calm and avoid all dangers.

It was with great feelings that my grandparents asked my grandfather to teach them religion, but my grandfather refused. Grandpa felt it was not appropriate to teach someone the science of religion because he was still studying with a kiai to deepen the science of religion. Grandfather then allowed his two in-laws to learn to explore religion with the kiai.

Starting from there, little by little grandfather's life becomes better, the effort that grandfather has built himself so far, began to look development so that it increasingly makes people, especially the extended family of grandmothers, the, respect for grandfather.

Turning to the story of the grandmother who only a little I heard the story from Mas Hanif, said my grandmother named Kemala, originally a girl who was meek and kind hearted. With a sweet face and fashionable look, my grandmother is also one of the prima donna in the region they lived in his time, plus the grandmother who is the son of a prominent person in the village, he said, more and more men want to propose grandmother at that time. However, of the many men who want to propose to grandma, only the grandfather of someone who is indifferent and bodo period to him. This made Grandma very curious about her grandfather.

Finally, the grandmother began to find out the identity of the grandfather who was still working on the rice fields owned by others. It turned out that grandfather behaved like that because grandfather was in a relationship with a girl who lived in the next village. From then on, after knowing the true circumstances, somehow grandma turned into a figure obsessed with grandfather and did everything possible to get the attention of grandfather. You could say, this Kemala figure turned into an ambitious girl. Maybe it happens because usually he always gets whatever he wants without bothering, including the attention of all men. Many grandfathers who did not care about the existence of grandmother at that time.

I don't know what Grandma did until in the end grandfather was successfully obtained and even became her husband to this day. Somehow finally the love story of grandfather and girl because since grandfather was in a relationship with grandmother and until finally they married, the girl was not heard at all.

I'm actually quite concerned about Grandpa's love story. I feel, grandfather married to grandmother with a compulsion even a threat first. But on the other hand, if grandparents are not married, then it is impossible for my mother and my father to be born into the world, so it is impossible for me and my brothers to be here as they are today.

Love really makes things complicated.