Amazingly, more than half of my classmates went to class, on a Friday, just to attend English class. So proud of them :\’) In that class, we learnt about how to extract the main idea and topic sentence. Going strong for the first few minutes…until huh? what main idea what? looking at the watch, and oh, 1 hour to go. Great.
So Miss Kay decided to play a game with us. Just write anything that you like for 4 sentences. She gave us 3 minutes to finish it up, and unconsciously, my hands just dance away writing this
My writing is the blue one, while Puteri’s is in black. After we finished our lines, passed it to the next four person in your line and he/she will continue the writing. So Puteri was my fourth lucky person awhh.
The last exchange was to the person who is going to read it out loud. Chai read it to the whole class, and hearing my piece out loud, it tingled my feelings. Of course you wrote something from your heart, and little that I knew, the heart misses the late dad.
It has been ages, 12 years to be exact, this February, but the memories with him is still vividly living inside of me.
How do you handle a great loss?
I have never established the passing away of my dad as a loss. How could you say loss, but in fact he is returning home? To his Lord.
Of course it was not easy. Our weekly activities, our jokes, the way he called me just stop right that instant. But Allah is the best healer. He soothed the pain, He made me believe that Papa will always be here for me, his love strengthen me.
How do you move on?
I never did. I still cry once in a while. I still miss him terribly each and every day. How could you move on from someone who is a part for you?
We have to learn to let go from the attachment. Learn to love Allah in each every person you love. Be modest, be real. Nothing last forever.
Keep Going.
Mothers, best friends, brothers, eventually they\’ll leave you. Routines become stagnant activities, laughter become a never ending grief. But wake up. This is not the end. This is just the beginning, aligned with QS 2:155 and QS 2:286.
Obstacles are meant to mold and make you strong. Do not allow yourself to be depressed. You need yourself.