‘Kak Keke. Mama meninggal dunia Senin
malam tadi. Sekarang ada di rumah duka RS Sentra Medika Cibinong’
‘Sis. Mom died last night. She is
now in Sentra Medika Cibinong hospital's funeral home’
o - o - o - o
Selasa (8/7), jam 8 pagi.. saya baru bangun tidur dan
menemukan sms yang dikirimkan oleh keponakan saya pada jam 4 pagi.
Tuesday (July 8th),
8 am.. I just woke up and found the text sent by my nephew at 4 am.
Perlu beberapa detik untuk otak saya mencerna pesan itu.
Saya baru bangun tidur dan badan saya masih terasa tidak enak.
It took few
seconds for my brain to process that message. I just woke up and my body still
felt unwell.
Saya tidak mengerti arti pesan itu.
I didn’t
understand the content on that text.
Setelah seluruh kesadaran saya bekerja, .. saya sulit untuk
menerima kenyataan itu.
After my
consciousness worked, .. reality was hard to swallow.
Kurang dari dua bulan lalu (Senin, 12 Mei) saya mengunjungi
kakak sepupu saya itu (ibunya adalah kakak dari ibu saya). Saya mengambil cuti dan perubahan rencana membuat saya
akhirnya memutuskan untuk mengunjunginya.
Less than two
months ago (Monday, May 12th) I visited her, my cousin (her mother is my mother's oldest sister). I took a
leave and a change of plan made me finally decided to visit her.
Kami sudah lama tidak bertemu. Beberapa kali saya ingin
mengunjunginya tapi tidak pernah jadi.
We haven’t met
for quite a long time. I have been wanting to visit her but couldn’t make it.
Saya senang hari itu kami akhirnya bertemu dan melewatkan
waktu hampir tiga jam bersama-sama.
I am glad we
finally met on that day and we got together for nearly three hours.
Karena itu adalah pertemuan kami yang terakhir..
Because it was
the last time we met..
Cuma Tuhan yang mengetahui awal dan akhir suatu kehidupan.
Only God knows
the beginning and the end of one’s life.
o - o - o - o
In loving memory, Maureen Yvonne Manossoh (1950-2014)
Manado - 1950, baby Maureen in great grandmother's lap |
Maureen & her father, both have passed away |
my mother, Maureen, her mother, my mother's & Maureen's mother's brother |
a teenager, Maureen & her mother |
A mother, with her first child |
a happy mother with her two children |
Maureen with my mother (center) & her mother |
with me. this was taken probably in the late 1990s |
a proud mother, Maureen & her eldest child, 2010 |
Christmas 2012, at my house. Maureen with her youngest son & daughter in law |
May 12th, 2014. Less than two months before she passed away. I treasure this photo. Goodbye, Maureen. Rest in peace |
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