Greatest Grandpa

Until this age of 15, I’ve had a lot of moments in my life. Most were memorable, and even horrible. When someone asks me about an unforgettable moment, I would be pleased to tell my enjoyable moment. But I couldn’t deny if I evidently tell the bad one.

I couldn’t trash out my past about my grandpa’s mortality. I was a long time ago, when I was in 2^nd of primary. I had only one grandpa from my mom, since my father’s dad died when dad was in junior high. I’m not that close to grandpa, but once I saw him I couldn’t bear my willingness to give him my warmest hug.

Actually I didn’t know much about him, but my mom did. Lately, she told me about grandpa and I admired him. Grandpa was such a nice person. He was very a patient person. My mom told me about a story. When she was being a little kid with full of laugh and happiness, she approached her father who was writing on his typewriter. You know that typewriter couldn’t do any erasing of words. So when we type, that’s what the outcome will be. 

My mom jumped up onto the table and started seeking the typewriter. She pulled out the paper that went out, and ripped it hardly. Gosh, she ruined my grandpa’s work.

Normally people will get angry in this kind of situation. They will shout at the kid, and leave their works. But that’s not my grandpa did. He smiled, with no words. He carried my mom warmly without any anger on his face. When he’s done, he got back retyping his works.

What a patient person he was. How could I be like him?

Second, he was generous. He could give a person a thousand rupiahs without any hesitation. If his relation was in trouble especially for finance, he would give whatever he could. He liked to give and share, not ask or take. He had given an advice: Do not take what foreigners have given us. 

I was so proud having a greatest grandpa. Unfortunately, he had diabetes in his age of 40. His weight reached until 105 kg. He was taken to the hospital. I didn’t know the exact time about his severe period. All I know is that he was doing dialysis once or twice a week. A lot of money had been spent for those processes.

I remembered when he came to my house celebrating my birthday. He couldn’t walk normally. He got a help from his old stick. He entered my small house, and took a seat on the sofa. I was changing my clothes into my princess gown.

After I finished my clothes changing, I went out from my room. All my families were there. They sang a happy birthday song for me, and they gave me a birthday cake. My grandpa gave me a car pencil case. Honestly, I didn’t like that present too much, but I appreciated him. I loved him. I thanked him a lot.

When he was in the hospital, suddenly he was collapsed. He had a coma. We were so worried about his condition. Evidently, Allah loved him more. He took grandpa on Mei 2009 on his age of 59. We had a full of tears, but we must let it go. Trust that this was the best for him and for us.