
Women are always faced with the choice of being career women or housewives.
Why are women told to choose?
Can't we get both?
That question from the beginning put the position of the woman as if helpless.
Every woman can play multiple roles.
Who can be a mother, wife, brother even become a professional.
_Najwa Shihab_
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In the afternoon, Ella woke up to a loud noise outside the room. It took a while for Ella to realize where she was. Well this is the guest room at the Suherman residence, Roni's house in Malang. The sound of joking and crisp laughter of the children grew louder and louder. It must be that Anisa and Aisyah who were laughing cheerfully, were playing in the park like her. Same who? I think they were playing it again.
Ella peeked out of the guest room window that led to the garden. He could see the two little girls running around in the park accompanied by a veiled woman. Perhaps the woman was Zahreni, Roni's older sister, the mother of the two little girls Anisa and Aisyah.
Ella looked at the clock on the wall of the room, it was 16:00 in the afternoon. Finally Ella decided to take an afternoon shower and dress up neatly first before leaving her room. Doesn't want him to give a bad impression on Roni's family. It is not funny if he appears with the appearance of waking up with a pillow face. Can be directly crossed off the list of prospective ghosts this.
After making sure of her neatness in the glass and a little dress up thin, Ella just went out of the room. A leisurely walk to the backyard approached the two little girls who were still there. Aisyah and Anisah were still playing and running around in the park with her excitement.
Both blew and wiggled the tools in his hands to make soap bubble balls. The bubbles that fly are blown by the wind to and fro beautifully.
While the veiled woman was also still faithfully accompany and supervise her two children. Watching from afar in the garden chair under the shade tree, next to the fish pond, while reading the book he brought.
"Mante Ella here and here," Nisa was excited to see Ella come out of her room and walk towards them.
"Aunt Ella! Look at a lot of bubbles flying. Nice right?" Aish greeted and showed off the bubbles of his creation.
"That's really good. The bubble is much more. Ajarin aunt donk, how to make it." Ella responded to their warm welcome. Of course Ella already knows how and the mechanism of making soap bubbles. But still he wanted to get a little familiar with the two cute girls at this time. Want to hear both cute explanations.
"This is the way, Te..." Aisyah showed Ella how to make her soap bubbles.
"She can see this too..." Nisa won't be outdone by showing off her ability to bubble Ella.
"Well, there's a lot of bubbles.it's really cool..." Ella clapped her hands praising the prowess of the two of them.
The two praised girls immediately laughed in excitement and ran around to produce even more bubbles.
Ella left the two little girls and walked over to the veiled woman sitting in the garden chair. Once close enough Ella could see the woman had a beautiful face with pure white skin. Ella estimated the woman to be in her mid-thirties. It looks very graceful and calm with the hijab style outfit that is quite trendy and contemporary.
"Good afternoon," Ella developed a wide smile to greet the woman.
"Sore," the woman stopped reading the book. "Include me Zahreni, call me Reni. Roni's sister." Reni got up from her seat, smiled back kindly and thrust one hand at Ella to get acquainted.
"Amellia, Ella. Greetings to mbak," Ella welcomed Reni's hand, shaking it.
"It turns out you're prettier than Nisa and Aish told you. They say there's a beautiful aunt Ella whose boyfriend is Om oni hehe." Reni praised Ella's performance, a compliment that allowed Ella to blush shyly at her.
"Let's sit around watching papa's pet fish." Reni invites Ella to sit on a park bench. A long bench made of concrete shaped like wood, next to the pond.
Ella just walked closer to the pool. Delighted by Reni's warm and intimate welcome. Ella stopped by to pick up a handful of available fish feed next to the pond and threw it into the pond. Dozens of large koi fish with various colors immediately invaded the fish feed. Make Ella inevitably smile happily with the treats of the beautiful natural scenery.
"Past bought and kept from small. Long enough to get that. I'm thinking of keeping my own children maybe for papa hehe." Reni explains her papa's hobbies.
"It's delicious, cool and beautiful here. The garden and the flowers are beautiful too." Ella blatantly praised the garden behind this house. The atmosphere of adem ayem Malang city is indeed completely different from the hot and hot air at Ella's house, Surabaya.
"If the plants and orchids mama a hobby petihara. Understandably look for busyness in old age, if the fit of his grandchildren no one comes."
Ella just nodded her head in response to the answer. Confused to find what other topics of conversation with Reni.
"Ella, thank you for playing and going to our house. Roni, mama, papa even Nisa and Aish look very happy with you." Reni can see Ella confusedly looking for a topic, relenting to open the conversation.
"Eh? The mbak time? Ella, thank you, your welcome is very kind and warm." Ella was a little shocked to hear Reni's words this time.
"Roni's the same age gap I'm a bit far away. Eight years, so he's used to being our favorite little boy. Maybe because of that he is sometimes stubborn and stubborn even impressed not serious and likes to joke. But I can guarantee you that my brother is a good man and can take responsibility." Reni explained about Roni from her point of view as an older brother.
"Yes, I have also memorized a little bit of Roni's nature." Ella confirmed Reni's speech. Indeed Roni is often unwilling to budge when dealing with Ella. Much different from Ardi who seemed to succumb to obey Ella's will.
It may be the difference of the parentage as the firstborn and the youngest that sets them apart. While Ella herself as an only child also has her spoiled and stubborn traits and characteristics.
"I actually knew you a few years ago. Roni once told me she liked a girl named Ella in interenship time. After that Roni never told me anything else, so I thought maybe the love story didn't go well." Reni continued her conversation.
"Until a few years later, I was even confused by Roni's increasingly secretive nature, especially about her romance. Never told a story with a girl or a boyfriend. The same girls never want to...That's why we were so heppy when we found out he brought girls home."
"I'm personally a bit surprised as well it turns out that the girl Roni brought was you, Ella. The girl he's been after for four years. Well maybe all this time he's still trying to make you," Reni ended the story about his sister.
Ella was silent to Roni's sister's story. From the story, it seems like Reni does not know what really happened between her and Roni. How would Reni react if she knew Ella was the one who made the four years of Roni seem futile by waiting and expecting love from her? Ella is the one who makes Roni seem attached and can not turn to other women.
Ella turned her gaze from the fish pond towards the courtyard. Aisyah and Anisa are still playing. This time the two played a familiar doll in a gazebo.
"They're very active? Is it not complicated to take care of children and families while still working as a doctor, mbak?" Ella asked this time.
Want to hear Reni's opinion about carier women. Reni who incidentally is also a doctor like him, Reni who looks mature and mature can certainly provide a good answer for Ella.
Reni was a little surprised to hear Ella's question. Then she gave her sweet smile to the girl. Apparently this Ella was still a little hesitant to go further. Maybe this girl is afraid she can't share her time. Even afraid of not being able to continue his profession if later he had to get married and take care of a family.
"It all depends on our agreement as husband and wife. Restrictions on working hours, or just working at home. Can the doctor open a practice at home while taking care of the child and managing the house? And thank God my husband is very supportive of me to continue working. You know what my husband told me back then?..."
"What, mbak?" Ella was more interested and curious.
"I could have banned you from working. God willing my salary is enough to meet the needs of you and our family...But what will your parents feel? The kid they're going to school with up high to become a doctor, turns out to just stay at home?" Reni stopped for a moment.
"I'm glad you work, the important thing is that you still know your limits. Make me, your parents and my parents proud of you. Be a good doctor according to your appointment."
Ella immediately speechless heard Reni's reply. It was as if the words he had wanted to hear so much from a man had been conveyed by the woman. Reni's husband more precisely has said with his clemency about the understanding that is always desired and coveted by a career woman from her partner.
Inevitably Ella became more and more admiring Reni even her husband as well. The two of them must be a harmonious married couple and support each other. Admire their maturity, their sensitivity to their pairs. And one more Ella also admired their understanding and spiritual knowledge which seemed to be far above Ella.
"Do you know why my husband said that to me?" Reni continued the puzzle. Ella quickly shook her head in response. "Because I was willing to give up and throw away my profession."
"Why? Why is that, mbak?" Ella asked in shock to hear Reni once thought to throw away her profession as a doctor. Reni who clearly comes from a family of hereditary doctors to want to give up her profession and title? Wh why?
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