Luahan Jiwang Sempena Hari Jadi Mama

like Mother's Day, on her birthday my mom isn't celebrated like she was back then.

until the year Angah migrated to New Zealand, at least we had a little feast to celebrate my mom's birthday and mine, which follows soon after hers.

my sis-in-laws would cook or bake something, usually tiramisu for my mother and chocolate cake for me, while my brothers who weren't married yet would just buy some food from some restaurants. together we made our own little gathering.

but for the past few years, no feast was held. birthdays were celebrated just like any other day. no complain from me, but i can't help feeling sorry for my mother.

as she gets older, everything gets simpler. i just think she ought to be celebrated like the best mother in the world, for she is.

everytime i remember how Babah made the day so damn special i want a husband like that, tears would swim in my eyes.

now no more special treats for mama, no more.

what does your mother want?

i bet the typical answer is for you to be academically successful, right?


but not with my mother.

the only thing that will make her the happiest mother in the world is if i can be a decent woman. you know? the one who can cook, do chores, run errands, a woman who has what it takes to become a lady for a man. that's the only thing she desires from her only daughter.



seriously, that's the most important thing to my mother. and so it is to me.


my mom, she teaches me how important it is to really be the woman in the house.

anyway Mama, i always pray more than anything that you get to see the day when i follow your footstep, being someone who i wish to be more than an astronomer, more than a writer, which is a mother. the best one like you've been to me.


until that day come, i'm sorry for not being good enough as a daughter for you, the best mother.



but i know i have given the best birthday gift right? ehehe none other than my own birthday laaa. okay jangan perasan.


speaking of which, mama the reason i have never asked for a birthday gift is because each birthday of yours is the best present i ever have.

and i need nothing more.


Happy Birthday Mama.