Love to My Widow

The meeting was held after 16 years

The day is so bright

the sky is blue and filled with cumulonimbus clouds, which indicate it will rain after this.

I went to the market to buy a wooden tool paint kit that he made

On the way home, it suddenly rained, the father ran shelter in a large house that happened to open gate, in the housing complex xxx.

In front of the terrace there was a manly, dignified face, thick mustache, sharp eyes

about 60 years old was sitting and looking at the rain accompanied by a coffee and cigarettes on his front desk.

You feel bad suddenly entered the gate of his house to shelter

"My father's punten hitchhiked here for a while waiting for rain" while smiling doubtfully and nodding a nod his head felt bad

"Oww yes please come here sir, sit here" replied the man as he waved his hand telling the father to come closer

He approached and sat right next to him

His eyes were round, not believing what he saw.

"Commander Dadang???." surprised father did not think that the person in front of him was the person he missed the most

"Yes my father knows me" replied the commander, still confused as to who the man in front of him was

Without warning the father held the commander's hand with both his hands and...

"I'm the commander of Slamet, 16 years ago, to help me in a surau near Koramil xx" he added, holding his hand

He reminded me to remember

"my God, Mr Slamet from Java??"" the smile on his face may not believe it has been 16 years without news to be reunited

"O Allah I am grateful, before I die I can meet the manager" said the father, holding back tears at the end of his eyes because he was moved and happy to meet the person he thought saved his life

"Let's take a seat, sir" commander

"Now how are the crying fathers?? " ask the commander

"Nila has just graduated from High School" the father with a smile that still expands like a man who has not met his girlfriend for a long time

"How many now, Mr Slamet?" the commander sipped coffee and continued to smoke cigarettes in his hand

"Two sir, his sister Nila new 1st class High School" replied the father while drinking coffee served by the commander

"Working the commander's wife and son how" asked the father

Then the commander recounted that his wife during pregnancy had a second child bleeding, their baby did not survive.

Shortly after his wife's physical condition was weak, two months later he died.

Now only the commander and his son who became an officer are still assigned in the Moluccas islands.

I feel sad to hear the commander's life story

Like him he realized the father's sadness for his life story

"It's fate sir.now I'm full and wish my only son could get married and give me a granddaughter that many not to be lonely" the commander smiled.

"What if my son Nila asked me to be my son's wife?" Commander, smoking his cigarette deeply.

It was like getting an unexpected jackpot.

The commander who once helped him even asked his daughter to be the daughter-in-law of a good person like him...

Without hesitation the father confirmed the commander's request.they smiled happily.

And the father forgot his son's desire to go to college and make his dream come true

They still tell stories and do not remember the time is almost dark, pamat pamit home

They promised to meet again, to bring together and determine the wedding day of Nila and the commander's son