23 on 25

Bogor, Aug 25 2018

Trying to remember all the little good things happened yesterday.
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She was her dad’s favorite little daughter and her mom’s growing princess. She woke up in the morning by turning the light up in her bedroom. She prayed and flew her wishes to God. About 6 a.m. her parents came without knocking the door and hugged her tightly. They didn’t say much but she could clearly hear everlasting ‘I love you(s)’ from their quite mouth. Oh! The night before, she just back home from next-door city at 10 p.m. Yes, she got a job in metropolis which forced her to go back to a place called home just once a week. She was surprised by a birthday cake that was put on her desk before sleeping. She never asked anything for she knew she already had everything that she called: fam.ily.

Just like other girls in their morning routine, helping mommy to do anything like making breakfast, cleaning the house, etcetera. Then she danced, she sang, she set herself free. Randomly playing ‘sweetener’ album from Ariana Grande, cause why not? She seemed obsessed with this Diva lately. After that, she worked. She painted some commissions. Birthday wasn’t exception to run from responsibility, right? She did it happily anyway. The sun shone brightly. It was a sunny day, a perfect day to be brand new. Another blessing to send your pretty smile to the universe.

She had a plan to meet a friend in one of big department stores in the downtown. Actually they just wanted to attend evening activity routine in a mosque next to it. But hey, her friend was so sweet, more than her favorite lollipop. Before going to that main place, she met her in a coffee shop and got a surprise. She got things she likes very much as birthday gift but having a good friend was beyond compared. They bought some food and drink and shared story and laughed and very happy.

After the sun went down, they decided to have a dinner in one of restaurants inside the department store. She didn’t know before that there would be a famous singer coming to celebrate that department store’s birthday. It was cool to have your dinner accompanied by live music from a cool artist. Again, they shared story and laughed and very happy and of course took some selfies! It was Saturday night. Unpredictably they met some friends from high school who were hanging out. She caught them in the food court. It was nice to meet the old friends, wasn’t it?

That day she got a lot of greetings and wishes from people she knew, from people she loved. She thanked everyone who made her feel really alive in her birthday. She thanked them… for meme of her. YAS her friends were so talented because they creatively edited her photos. It was so cool and funny you know, and yeah it was published on social media and chatting group on whatsapp. She wasn’t mad, she giggled on her own instead. She thanked them… for the sweet words, book, veil, flower, cake, bday song by traditional instrument, photo of the August moon, and all the stuff she likes. She was thankful for the chance given by the almighty, to live the life to the fullest, to learn from the past, to hope for the future, to understand the lesson that this world had shown. It was true that we had to take in everything that had happened to us as the part of our life, our story, our own movie. She remembered a poetry book in her bookshelf that said: think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year, they will teach you, that people too, must wilt, fall, root, rise, in order to bloom. Well, that was her 23rd birthday on 25th of August. That was the time when she took the power, the magic, the belief, the courage she had… to find her old self, the innocent one who needed to bloom, again.

She went home with gratitude. She went home and saw those face again, her loved ones, her father-mother-sister. Everything she had done was dedicated for them. They were home. They were the witnesses, where she could be anything she wanted, where she could be who really she is. She took the pillow and the blanket to sleep with her little sister in the TV room, and her life went on. She just wanted to be a better her, getting closer and closer to The One that had created  her. She just wanted to go with positive vibes, peace, and loves. She just wanted to appreciate all the little things she had, all the people she loved and loved her back, all the blessing she couldn’t picture but felt. She just wanted to walk on her journey ahead sincerely.
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Sincerely.
Putri

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