My Long Journey And Dad

Chapter 8. The departure of the Father

After the Fajr Prayer arrived Mr. Herman collapsed. Ilham was very shocked made finally Ilham immediately took his father to the nearest puskes, because there was no hospital in his village.

The doctor immediately brought Mr. Herman into the room to be examined. After a few minutes, the doctor came out of the room. Ilham immediately woke up and asked the condition of his father to the Doctor.

“So how is the condition of my Dad doc?, has he realized?” ask Ilham quickly.

“So gini, Mr. Herman is sick with stage 3 brain cancer so please take care of his father before he leaves forever in a few months,” explained the Doctor.

“Talking what, you are the Lord hahh?, My father never told such a sick story. Surely the Doctor made up, right,” snapped Ilham and looked at his doctor was not happy and immediately entered the room that his father occupied and it turned out that Mr. Herman was aware.

“Ayahhhh...” said Ilham as he ran to the father who was still lying and hugged him.

“Eh Daddy's handsome son accompanied Dad turns out,” Pak Herman replied with a happy smile.

“Sure dong Ilham is very dear to Dad. But Ilham was very angry with the doctor who handled Dad earlier,” Cetus Ilham felt his doctor judged his father.

“Why with his doctor son?, What did he say?” ask Mr. Herman who immediately panicked and agitated.

“So gini Well, the time when Ilham asked the situation of Dad, the time of the doctor said Dad was sick of end-stage cancer. This must be a lie, Well, Ilham really hated the doctor because he had lied to a child as smart as Ilham,” explained Ilham by speaking the doctor earlier when explaining.

“It is not good to hate people Nak, anyways Dad is okay - Napa so no need to worry excessively about Dad. Soon Dad will be home,” said Mr. Herman reassured his Son and thought if his Son knew of his lies one day, whether his Son would hate him so much.

“Good Father Ilham will not hate him anymore. Inspiration is very happy if Dad is healthy.”

After Mr. Herman checked back in the afternoon when Ilham went out to buy food. Mr. Herman asked the doctor to return him in his final years. The doctor finally complied with Mr. Herman.

In the afternoon Mr. Herman and Ilham went home. Mr. Herman did not look sick because he had been covering up to Ilham. Months have passed along with his son and during that time Mr. Herman advised Ilham as much as possible. Inspiration is very obedient and obey all the words of Mr. Herman and live it.

**

Exactly at 02.45 arrived Mr. Herman was eager to pray tahajud. Because he never did before. Only 5 prayers and Friday prayers (mandatory).

After praying 2 rakaat plus reading prayer and remembrance hundreds of times until finally the body of Mr. Herman shaking violently and the air was so cold all over his body. His head was very sore but a few minutes before Mr. Herman's departure, he was shown heaven. How happy he was that Mr. Herman died holding a prayer beads and his pale face smiled so widely.

A few hours later the sound of dawn awakens Ilham and Ilham intends to wake his father up to the room and it turns out he was very shocked to see his father helpless he just cried waking up his Father and Ilham just thought his father only fainted and Ilham went out of the house to ask the neighbors to resuscitate his father. Running and talking in a hurry. Finally his neighbor came to Mr. Herman's house. It turned out that when checked there was no more pulse.

“Ilham, Your father passed away,” said the neighbor.

“Can't be just late Dad is okay - napa. Ayahhhhhhhhhhhhh....” shouts Inspiration while crying.

“Assalamualaikum Pak, the Herman died,” said neighbor Mr. Herman who reported to the Mushola committee.

“Innalillahiwainnailai Raji'un, then now where is the body?” answer the Mushola committee.

“Still at his house with his son Sir,” said neighbor Mr. Herman

“You are already friends and I will follow along with other residents and soon I announce,”

“Thank you sir, wassalamualaikum,” said greetings to the Mushola committee and immediately left after the Mushola committee answered him.

“Waalaikumsalam,” replied the Mushola committee and immediately entered the mosque and announced the news of his grief Mr. Herman said.

After being announced to the residents finally the other residents and all the neighbors gathered in front of Mr. Herman's house to take care of the body until his funeral. Even many people want Ilham to stay with him, because there are no people. Inspiration is chuckling with the answer is unwilling. Inspiration wants to be independent.

From dawn when Ilham found his father dead until the completion of the funeral process Ilham can only cry, he has not been able to mengikhlaskan because for him his father is a figure of all - Galanyan.

Inspiration only daydreams after arriving home. No more laughter, no one can ease the burden and no more smiles on the cheeks of Inspiration every day. He thought about how to live it.

**

One month later, the voice of the morning azan reverberated. Ilham soon woke up from his sleep, after Ilham woke up he passed his father's room before ablution. Because usually Ilham always wake his father every morning Azan. But seeing the room was empty, Ilham immediately entered the room and cried back to remember the memories with his father.

After a long time Ilham cried finally Ilham immediately berwudhu and perform dawn prayer. After that he intended to tidy up his father's room so that his father saw him happy.

Cleaned the room of the late Mr. Herman. And when Ilham put the goods into his bedside drawer, Ilham looked at the letter and curiously took the letter and Ilham read it

[Darling, little temple Daddy who is now growing up. Forgive me for all your shortcomings so far. I'm sorry I haven't had enough material for you, I'm sorry to keep bothering you, I'm sorry I never wanted to tell you, because I don't want to make you sad, so I'm feeling it enough.

Said the doctor who once fainted is right, all this time I've been sick of brain cancer. I think it will heal so that it can accompany you to achieve success. But actually no, sorry I can only fight alongside you until this point alone. You never give up, cry and keep making your dreams come true because I always smile to see you up there. This is the destiny of my son, be a good person, my prayer is always with you. Thank you for being the best kid.

From : Father]

So that's what Mr. Herman wrote before his departure. Inspiration read it with tears to wet the hard.

“Why the Father did not tell the Inspiration of Father's disease from the beginning. Dad, do you think?” shouts of Inspiration in her tears that begin to break. Ilham immediately drowned and fell asleep in Mr. Herman's room because the cry made him tired.