The Little Women

We were once 25 and 25. Young, wild, but never free. We were attracted so much with each other and being sure so well that we’re engaged on our first month of meeting one another;  married exactly six months later. And the rest is history. We travel, we eat, we laugh, we love. It was a straight out of an eat, pray, love movie-kind of relationship. But we also fight. We fight & flight, we learn hard to swallow our pride, we listen to each other’s bicker and snide, but we always  got our spouses back and side. Because they are our one, true love after all.  Marriage is a long shot on the long run but  it will be a joyful long-ness if you’re  in it with the right person. And the heart will tell. Your heart will tell you who, when & how this person will turn up.  And it will always; most definitely &  most certainly worth the wait 😊 Ananda Khaira Azizah, Pekanbaru, 19 Juli 2025. Hari Sabtu, pukul 6 pagi.

The house is the perfect copy of our old house. That’s why it’s very precious to me. Its front, the layout, the stairs, the room arrangements, down to the balcony. The place where both of my grandparents were still healthy. I’ve been missing him since yesterday, you know. And it didn’t dissipate until today, it gets worse. I hope he’s okay there. By this time I know that once someone is gone, you really never see them anymore. Not even in your dream. And I started to lose any ideas of how to see him, when his old photos begin to blur just as much as the memory. We miss you, Angku. We miss you so much and we don’t know how to deal with it.  I hope life after life treats you good. The only thing that we can give to you now is our prayer and our never ending love.  Please, can you just visit me in my dream from time to time? I’m just missing you a lot and it might’ve lessen the pain a little bit. We love you, Angku. Ananda Khaira Azizah, Pekanbaru, 11 Juli 2025. Hari Jumat, pukul...

Come here, come child. Let’s see why we have the fright. It might be worry, it might be sad. But whatever it is, it makes you dread. No prolong things is good, darling. Let your heart out, scream yourself out. speak yourselves up. There’s nothing wrong with seeking help, Nothing wrong with speaking up. The only wrong thing is if you  keep it all held up inside. It eats you, weakens you, blinds you. And in the end, it will consumes not just you but everything —and everyone that you hold dear too. So heal for them, darling. Heal for us. But most of all, heal for you. Because you deserve the peace, too. Ananda Khaira Azizah, Pekanbaru, 7 Juli 2025. Hari Senin, pukul 10 pagi.