May Allah Bless My Family
I will be meeting up with my two best buddies for berbuka puasa this evening. Looking forward to that as I haven’t met them in quite a while, especially Leo. Met Juwita last weekend, but was not able to catch up on updates as we were there for another friend who wanted to meet up to talk. So, we couldn’t talk about us, as it would have been rude.
So, this will be my first berbuka puasa without my parents. I’ve been a bit of a homebody lately; always staying at home and berbuka puasa with my parents on weekdays and with the rest of the family who are around during the weekends. People can say it’s because I’m too lazy to cook. Well, there is some truth in that. But mostly it’s because I just want to spend more time with my parents, and also because I dread the evening traffic during this fasting month. And yes, my mom’s cooking will always be excellent to me but it’s not because of that reason only. I’m not a fussy eater. I can make do with whatever there is to eat; as long as it’s halal and worthy of eating. It’s because I just want to be around family.
So, every weekday evenings I’m in Putrajaya with my beloved mom and dad. And weekends will be in Batu Caves with the rest of the Shaarani clan. It’s fun. I’ve not been spending a lot of time with my parents previously, and I’ve never realised that I miss their company and miss being their big, baby girl. ;-) And because of some events which occurred over these past few years, I want to make the most of the time that God is giving me with them.
Ramadhan has been great. I think it’s one of the best so far. At least for me, that is. I’m spending more time with family. The previous years it was because it wasn’t possible, geographically. I was in Batu Caves, and my parents were in Putrajaya. Then when I transferred to Putrajaya, I was always so preoccupied with gym, work and other stuff, I was never able to have any time for family. And yes, I didn’t really try that hard pun.
But now, I feel that I need to balance out my life a bit. Work will always be hectic. There’s not much I can do about that at the moment. So, the best is to cut down on my time at the gym and hanging out with friends till late at night. I miss that a lot. I miss my friends, especially Juwita and Leo, Anthony and Jenny, and all the other peeps. But I would miss the time spent with my family even more. So, after weighing the scales, family always comes first.
I’ve been blessed with the most perfect imperfect family ever. Well, no family can ever be perfect, but as long as they are perfect to you, then, your family is perfect lah. ;-) Okay, okay, so I’m rambling. But this fasting month has opened my eyes and my heart that family is the most valuable thing you can ever own in this life.
Cherish the time you have with them, because you will never know if you’ll be able to spend the next Ramadhan and Hari Raya celebrations together again. Insyaallah, we always pray for the well-being of our family, but there will always be this question of, what if…?
So, make the best of everything you have. Never let it happen that one day down the road, you’ll have regrets about things you should have done and things you should have said, but that you never did.
I don’t ever want to be that person.
I love my parents, and I love my two sisters and my brother. Only God knows how much. Sometimes I might not be able to express it that well, or that I don’t seem to be able to express it at all; especially through words. But I hope, and always pray, that I will always be a good daughter to my parents and a good sister to my sisters and brother. And that they know I will always try my best.
May Allah bless our family always, insyaallah.
Selamat berpuasa and berbuka puasa to all my Muslim friends.
