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Surat cinta untuk MamaPapa

Sebagai seorang anak, terkadang kita merasa “boleh” memberi kritik terhadap sikap orangtua kita mengenai suatu hal, kita menuntut “kesempurnaan” dari mereka. Namun seringkali kita lupa bahwa tidak ada satu pun orang di dunia ini yang sempurna, termasuk orangtua kita. Kita harus selalu ingat bahwa mereka, dalam segala keterbatasannya, selalu berjuang, melakukan yang terbaik hanya demi kita. Mereka akan selalu ada disamping kita dengan suka cita menopang anak-anaknya, seperti yang sudah mereka lakukan sedari dulu saat mereka menopang kita belajar berjalan, sekarang mereka masih terus dan akan selalu menopang kita menuju masa depan.

 

Surat cinta untuk MamaPapa

 

Orangtuaku tak sempurna

Lalu kenapa?

Apakah ada orangtua yang sempurna?

Maksudku, apakah ada orang di dunia ini yang sempurna?

Setahuku, hanya Tuhan-lah kesempurnaan yang sejati.

 

Orangtuaku tak sempurna

Mereka tidak berada disampingku saat masa2 penting pertumbuhanku

Lalu kenapa?

Apakah hal tersebut mengurangi rasa cintaku terhadap mereka?

Tidak, Aku tetap sangat mencintai mereka, 

dengan segenap jiwa dan ragaku.

 

Orangtuaku tak sempurna

Namun dalam segala keterbatasannya

Mereka tetap memberiku rumah dan keluarga

Mereka memberiku keluarga yang tiada dua-nya.

Keluarga yang sangat kusayangi dengan seluruh hidupku.

Keluarga dengan Kakek, Nenek, Oom dan Tante 

yang sangat menyayangiku.

Aku tidak kurang sesuatu apapun.

 

Orangtuaku tak sempurna

Namun ku tahu, 

mereka memiliki alasan pasti dibalik keputusan2 mereka

Aku tahu

berada jauh dengan kami bukanlah hal yang mudah bagi mereka

Aku tahu 

bahwa mereka akan melakukan apapun demi kami anak-anaknya

Dan mereka sangat,

sangat mencintai kami lebih dari apapun di dunia 

 

Dan Aku sangat, sangat bersyukur menjadi anak dari kedua orangtuaku.

 

- Surat cinta untuk MamaPapa

 Kakak, Mei 2020.

 

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