RIP

Heard the news this morning on my company coffee lady's mom's passing. I feel sorry for her.

Even though it's not my family, but I feel for her as well, I understand how she feels, it's just that, her situation is much worse than mine. Her family is in Indonesia. Where as mine is local here. She couldn't even see her mom for the final time before her mom's final breathe.

I'm not comparing who's having the better or worse situation here. It's just because I'm considered close to her in office and she has always treat me so nice at work, I feel sad for her.

Yesterday evening I got a call from her asked me to buy her a flight ticket for her brother to return to her hometown. She said her mom was critical in ICU. I asked her, "You're not going back?" she told me that the other day her sister just went back, then her husband too. Flight ticket is expensive. At the time being, she could only afford for her brother to go back.

This morning, she told me her mom has gone. It's really a sudden news for her. In that short period, all of a sudden her mom has passed away. That morning, she was on the phone with her mom, and they chatted happily. That night, her mom's gone. Kakak's eyes were swollen and red. I couldn't even say a word to console her. I don't know how. I suck at it. I couldn't do like what she did to me. She was the one who consoled me during the period when my mom passed away. I still remembered that she told me not to be sad, and to move on, so that my mom's soul will be at peace. Which really did helped me a lot.

When I passed the donation to her, she was telling to my other colleagues about the situation. I couldn't bear to listen to it. My heart was overwhelmed. I excused myself to the ladies to cry my heart out. Then returning to the pantry and give her a big hug. That's all I could do.

Life is really unpredictable. I understand the meaning to cherish the ones you love and not to take advantage of their presence now and regret when they're no longer around.

I hope she's fine and may her mom rest in peace.