Pariban So Rokkap

When the Storm is Crashing

I'm not fully healed yet, but I've been taken home.

After returning home I was surprised that much had changed, as I entered the rehab center.

One of them is Mami's house, once our house was luxurious and spacious, now changed, not luxurious anymore, a woman sitting in a wheelchair, it seems like some of her limbs can not be moved, she said, he looked at me with a stifled cry, a young woman holding a one-year-old child, standing beside the woman.

“Jonathan my son.” He stretched out his arms, wanting to embrace me.

The woman in the wheelchair was my mother, the poor woman looked very old, much older than her age.

May this reprimand that we have received turn us closer to the Creator and the owner of life.

I hope that the living trials we experience can change Mami to always be grateful, because this world is not the ultimate treasure, but the health of the heart and body is the most important gratitude.

‘Since when was Mami that old, why was she sitting in a wheelchair?’

“Mami..I'm sorry,” said I prostrated at his feet, he replied with a cry.

I scatter myself in the lap of my Mama, I miss, I miss, it's all my fault, I prostrate at Mami's feet, my paradise at her feet, we've received punishment for our actions.

Not only that, I also embrace my youngest sister who is now a single mother for her only son, after her marriage only a matter of months.

The atmosphere was so bitter, still grateful God still gave us the opportunity to get together, after going through all the big problems.

“I'm sorry I did deck, I'm sorry,” I said hugging my youngest sister, I just saw Papi crying, embracing each other and shedding tears.

“Abang…! I'm the one who apologized Nita was wrong.” Arnita was crying in my arms.

Suddenly Papi joined in and did not miss Eva's sister, come with us to hug each other.

I want to be healed for my family, for all the people I love, I determined at that time.

The atmosphere was so warm at that time, our family who had divorced now re-assembled even with a different atmosphere.

While glancing at the glass, my once handsome face, lost half my good looks, I am now skinny, bald like I just came out of prison.

But it's okay, as long as one family can come together and strengthen each other, we can organize ahead and walk together.

“Tan your room that is not as wide as yours first,” said Kak Eva.

 She's a wonderful woman, a rescue angel for the family, a super heroine for my family, a strong woman who stood at the very front of our family, when we were all in trouble.

“It's okay, brother,” I said not a bit of protest, and not entitled to protest.

“Tan, you have to take your medicine regularly, I'm sure you can make a full recovery as long as there is a will,”

said sister Eva.

“Do not forget to also pray, leave everything to God.”

“Iya kak.”

But anyway I wonder why Mami is like that.

“Rest Tan,” says sister Eva who wants to get off.

“Kak what happened to Mami?”

“Don't think Tan, I'm afraid you'll be thinking, even more sick.”

“Alright, take your medicine first,” Eva sort out, the medicine I take, I have to take medicine regularly for me to recover.

Very lucky my brother is a medical man, from a long time ago he always played a role in our health, Although his talk likes to be loud, and his style of speech like a brawler, but his heart is very good.

“Already, tell me,” I said put the glass on the nightstand next to the bed.

“It started when you started to lose direction Tan, at that time Mami's hands have started to numb, every time you go from home found on the streets, Mami's disease increased one by one, Mami's disease increased one by one, starting hands feel numb, eyes begin to be myopic and the neck begins to stiff, the peak when you convuls, Mami fell unconscious but can still get up, although not much moving.

But when Nita came home, after being beaten up by her husband, and aunt yanga from Bogor came to know all the events in our family, the aunt spread all the great family arisan.

Aunty blamed Mami, and cornered her in the arisan group, our family who became the talk.

Finally Mami tepat with everything that happened, Mami blames herself finally her condition drop and stroke.”

“What happened to Arnita?”

Her husband beat her continuously while pregnant, and forced to ask for money with Mami, once twice she wanted, but the third time she left her husband and gave birth here.

Eva's face looks very cloudy.

“Tan Mami has nothing left, everything is up to treat you and treat Mami too, Mami's contract has been sold, the car is both sold, home, home, even the company they both built was destroyed, broke in Brayen, he embezzled company money and he ran away with his girlfriend abroad, our family is currently falling into the deepest abyss.”

Everything disappeared, even in the debt, I do not know where the seven derivative treasures that Mami has been proud of all this time, brother shy, the only income of our family from the papi restaurant, that's all, that's all, we are down, even I heard that papi has pawned these house letters for your medical expenses and the treatment of Mami Tan,”

said Sister Eva, the face looks very sad as if there will be an even greater burden.

“I'm sorry brother,” I said sorry.

“Jonathan, you must heal, you must silence their mouths all, many say that you will not heal, many laugh at our family today.”

“Good sister.”

“I sleep in the room next to you, if there is anything just tap ,” Ka Eva said her eyes reddened.

“Which brother same lae?” I asked because I had not seen her, usually if there was Eva's sister there would have been a faithful husband beside her.

He was silent for a moment and his eyes were heavy, there was a dam that was almost spilled.

‘Don't say big brother also has problems in the household, don't, don't say it’ I whispered in heart.

“Arkan in his oppunya house is also his father.”

“Is there a problem kak?”

He shook his head, but he sat back down and cried on my shoulder, crying as much as he could see the strong woman crying, this heart seemed to want to stop beating, he said, I cannot bear the burden of life if my brother's household is also destroyed.

“I won't be able to see my family destroyed, how I saw it, but my in-laws told me to focus on taking care of my family, and asked Arkan to take care of them, and Arkan was told to stay there, I seemed to be expelled indirectly, maybe they were embarrassed Tan,” he said now the crying became more and more.

“Not will kak lae be that wise man there believe in me, maybe he asked a brother like that to focus more on taking care of us,” I said convince my brother, I'm not happy, even though I'm not sure myself.

“Really, you are sure Tan?”

“Iya sis,” I said try to stay calm, strengthen each other, that is what our family needs at this time.

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