The Fortitude of a Mother
back to bandung

In the afternoon mirah and her children had returned from the house dori, all the way home from the base becak, soni lovingly carried her sister on the back.Although mirah asked to take turns carrying nana, she said,but the kind-hearted brother refused, he did not want to make the mother tired.

"What's wrong mom, strong personi 'kok, carrying sister," he said, when the mother asked him to take turns.

Mirah sighed, and nodded with a warm smile engraved on her lips.

"Thank you son," his outstretched hand rubbed soni's head.

Arrived home and moses was so excited to see his little girl in a cradle with knees wrapped in cloth.

"Why is this dear?" disah and moses crouched down to see nana's knees.

Finally with a drama that is super duper toned ala nana, the boy complained to his mother and father.

Mirah and soni just geleng geleng head just see the drama he made, the knee may still hurt but it does not seem that painful, because it has been treated before.

Her night...

"Where's 'mir? disah approached the mirah who was packing her clothes and nana into a big bag, she was confused looking for their favorite little girl

"Have slept 'sister, too much crying so exhausted it seems, '" mirah chuckled.

"When I still want to spend time with him, before going to bandung.Haahh.I will miss him a lot,"

"Just three weeks 'sister, '" mirah put on a smile.

"Yes still, it will be a long time for me, I'm used to him every day" he said

"In that case, brother and sister moses just take a vacation to bandung, how?" haggardly

"You are, as you do not know.My work in the fields and rice fields is a lot, the rice that must be fertilized, the field that must be hoeed, not to mention the goat who will feed it, who will feed it,if my husband and I were going to bandung,"

Mirah nodded in understanding, but how else? ratna is very enthusiastic for a vacation in Bandung.Everything she has planned from starting the road, watching to the cinema and shopping shopping.

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At one o'clock in the evening the mirah had woken up and was ready to go to bandung not to forget he also woke nana, so also moses, separated and soni they immediately woke up and prepared quickly, quickly,because it will take mirah and nana to the train station.Connected from home disah to the train station is very far away and will walk they decided to leave at two in the morning,because in such hours there are no rickshaws or delman.

Previously disah had prepared various kinds by the characteristics of the village, such as fried gurame that he caught from his fish pond, then there was young coconut, then the village chicken that had been cut and ready to cook, and then there was young coconut,plus there are pete and palm sugar specially made by moses, mirah to protest with all its inns are so lush.

"There will be your boss sir there, not to mention there will be your brother omi and anisah, when you just came home from the village did not bring the slightest hand of goods, shame ah," concluded disah,he did not want to hear the protests again with all its luggage.

Moses carried all his sister's belongings, while being denied carrying two torches as their illumination, and then mirah and soni took turns holding nana.

"Mom, you walk ahead, mirah and soni you walk in the middle and I am behind" said Moses

They also walked in tandem as ordered by the head of the family.

Along the way they were chatting, so many people.And fortunately they met some people who would go to the market at dawn so that their journey was getting crowded, so that they met more and more,

At about half-four they arrived at the station, then immediately bought a ticket to the destination bandung and half an hour later the train will come.

Mirah and everyone are waiting there,

"Bu, nana want to burn it," the fragrant smell of burnt sticky rice makes worms in the stomach nana berdisko ria want to be spoiled

However, he felt the dejavu with this scene, at the train station and when it will go to the road right at the hour like this then nana want a burn glutinous

Soni's eyes glazed with glass, he remembered the scene like this when he was going to picnic to bandung zoo with his late father and mother and sister

Soon mirah also finished buying the burning sticky rice and immediately returned to her seat, but her heart was tingled when her net caught soni was wiping tears that fell to her cheeks,he immediately approached the boy after giving a sticky burn to Nana.

"Soni why are you crying 'hem?" mirah rubbed soni's soft back

"It's okay ma'am, soni just remembered the late father," he said grudgingly and then the boy lowered his head to shed tears that were not unstoppable anymore

Seeing that mirah deeply sliced his heart, then he took soni into his warm embrace, rubbed and kissed the tip of soni's head hoping that the child felt calm and not sad anymore.

"Soni is calm 'yes, do not be sad.Bapak must be happy there, do'just do all the good for him," said the mother, soni nodded.

Not long after the train came, the newness again enveloped the family, because they will be separated here.

"Nana, don't miss my mom 'yes, I'll miss you dear, '" she broke into tears and hugged and kissed nana

"Yes, the promise will always remember the same mother, and father.You are healthy 'yes," the boy cried as he pleased

"Dek, don't forget brother soni also 'yes, now it's just mom and you who sister has," he said he also cried sadly

"Silver come to bandung 'yes, where we can walk and watch the cinema," persuaded nana

Sonny smiled then he

messing up her sister's hair, baby

"If the brother comes along, the work of the late father how dong?"

Hearing that nana smiled displaying a row of her white teeth

After the farewell event was completed then nana and mirah stepped their feet into the train carriage, musa and was invited to come inside to bring all the goods of the mirah.

When all the passengers had entered and sat comfortably in his chair, the train departed, the iron wheel drove slowly on the ground.Soni moses and was waved his hand towards nana.

Over time the train drove faster and disappeared from the sight of the three people, separated down sluggish.Today there is no more cheer in his house.

"Soni, staying with us 'yes, '" he said

The boy just nodded and smiled

"Thank you, Mama, I've loved soni,"

"You said what the hell 'son, people who are passionate and dear to you, surely I also love him" said disah

The three of them went home.

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