:: do u miss your MOM? ::

-- in conjunction with Indonesia's Mother's day (Dec 22) --

In one of my writings (not in this blog, as I wrote it as an contribution to an e-zine) I wrote that my mom (unfortunately) won’t be included in the ideal type of a mother. Not in the criteria set by traditional norms, neither those of modern. (Am I being a meany ungrateful daughter? Judge all you want, I’m just being honest).

But along the years I’ve made my peace. I quit expecting her to be an ideal mom according to my criteria and just accept her the way she is. That was quite a big step for me, and proven to be the right one.

Now, do I miss my mom??

Hmm… how to answer that without being too personal? All I can say right now is, generally I can’t afford dwelling in too many sappy feelings.. I miss my family. Period. I don’t wanna start thinking how I miss my parents, I wish they were here, I miss hanging out with my siblings and friends, I miss my old job (not!), I miss that person, so on and so forth. I’m aware of it, but I got more important issues to deal with, mainly settling down.

Mother’s day isn’t that big in our family, sometimes when I remember I get a bouqette for my mom. Today I only manage to sms her: “selamat hari ibu, bu.. jangan lupa sungkem dengan ibumu..” (she’s an easy target to tease ;)). And another one to my dad: "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."
(William Makepeace Thackeray)

ps. 1 thing I miss badly: my bed and pillows. I was (still am) a bit tight in cash so I bought these low budget sleeping gears. Now I suffer backache and sore neck every other day. Ugh.. maybe get new ones when I receive my paycheque..