19 January 2014

A mom

"She is too fragile to handle"

Mama, ibu, mak, mom, mummy dan bonda. Seorang yang terlalu mengambil berat. Sakitkan diri sendiri hanya untuk kebahagiaan anak-anaknya. Senang menangis jika anaknya berjaya atau membuatkan hatinya terluka. Kenapa? Allah tidak memberi seorang wanita kekuatan dari segi luaran kerana perkara tersebut dianugerahkan kepada lelaki. Allah memberi kekuatan dari segi dalaman kepada seorang wanita. Ya. Allah itu maha adil. Wanita dan lelaki diberikan sama kekuatan cuma dari segi lain sahaja. 

Seorang ibu mampu melahirkan anak dengan menggunakan segala kekuatannya. Seorang ibu mampu menyembunyikan keinginannya kerana ingin memenuhi permintaan anaknya. Seorang ibu mampu memberi kasih sayang kepada anaknya walaupun hatinya terluka. Itulah kekuatan seorang ibu. Kasih sayang. 

"See? She is too fragile to handle."

At one time. A girl. She is the eldest one in the family and her family call her 'kakak'.

"Ma. kenapa ayah tak pernah panggil akak ni kakak? Kenapa ayah panggil nama je? Tak fair la ma. Orang lain semua ayah panggil dengan gelaran masing-masing. So not fair."

Well. She is a girl by the way. Even a small matter, she realized and complained to her mom. Continuously. Think by a general side, it is not a big deal actually. Well. She is a girl. 

"Kakak! Kakak apa cerita hari ni? Belajar la. Exam dah nak dekat. Okay?"
"Boleh tolong tak kak? Kakak tolong ambilkan sayur yang baru beli dalam peti ais"
"Nampak tak mama punya cermin mata? Kakak tolong carikan. Thanks kak." 
"Ish mana la tadi barang ni. Kakak! Tadi mama suruh akak simpan kan? Mana kakak letak?"

Well. She is a mom. She is a woman by the way. Even a small matter, she realized and she will make sure to keep her daughter happy. In every conversation, the 'kakak' word will appear. She do not want her daughter to get upset. Anyhow, Her daughter realized with the 'kakak' word. It is does sounds weird. Very weird! A simple change in her mom's dialogue and she realized it. Well. She is a girl. 

It is does not matter whether she is a old woman, teenager or a small girl. They are under one category: WOMEN. Allah gave women the same feeling. That feel will appear when they can reach their maturity or by the time they can think very well. Well. They are women. 



"O mankind! Reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single person, created, of like nature, his mate, and from this pair scattered (like seeds) countless men and women. Reverence Allah, through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and reverence the wombs (that bore you); for Allah ever watches over you." 

(Al-Quran, 4:1)