Christmas…Two hugs less…
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005Christmas to me has always been the best time of the year…
especially since I started working. It has so far been the longest holiday in a year that I take…so shiok…:)
I get to go home (Johor), see my parents…be with the whole
gang…
This year…a lot of things has happen to my family and me…
good and bad…mostly bad…for some problems…there were
solutions…mostly long term ones…but for ther others…I don’t know what to do anymore…it is hard…I have given up…letting it take it’s course…
Anyway…there were many times in my life when I was with my parents, I told them…"remember, don’t die without me…we die together…wait for me"…laughingly they promised they won’t …I never forgot that promise…I was about 10 years old then…
But one of them broke that promise made to me…Even God could not fulfill the promise made by a father to her daughter…not ALL that GREAT is He…the day God decided to take my dad away…is the day I lost someone in my life who loved me no matter what…who put up with my nonsense…who knows to take what is good that I’ve said and done…and let the bad stuff slide…but kena alsolah I sometimes…not all bad stuff can be ignored…
well…some might say he had no choice…he was your dad…it was his duty to love you…I beg to differ…he had many choices my dad…all of us did…but we chose to be together…to be a family…no matter what…
In my whole life…despite having problems in my family…my mind and heart always found consolation in knowing that my mom and dad will always be there…
But now…that is not the case anymore…it is so hard…when you have to put a straight face, smile or show you are happy especially when you know someone you love needs to see that, "Hey…everything is ok…We will be alright"…when in fact…you are not happy…when in fact….you just want to go
somewhere and cry your heart out…some would say…"that is part and parcel of being an adult"…BSlah…I believe my brothers and me…became "adults" quite early in life…and what is the big deal anyway…sometimes I see…children are able to handle situations better than some adults…
Anyway…God was not finished with my family yet…few months later he took my godma away from us…the Santa Rina of the family…when she was staying in Singapore…me and my mom would go visit her…we would come back with loads
of presents…all for the families in Malaysia…for us to distribute…she always had a smile for you…then when she got older…we ask her to come stay with us…she said yes…she was always very satisfied…an addition we will always love…
Well Christmas will still be Christmas…where families will still get together…children and adults alike will be happy…but for my family from this year onwards…it will be with 2 hugs less…