sha, awin and me always cry. as it is just so hard.
we dont want it to be like this.
especially me.
ibu has been blaming me for their divorce,
making it harder for me
i wasn't my fault! i was six.
every raya we have to choose, papa or ibu?
celebrating raya either both sides are hard.
there was this one raya when we decided to celebrate with papa
we went back to mama's (step mom) hometown at perak.
first raya, the whole family went to a studio to take family photos.
we got there and my step aunt said,
"you three should wait first. let OUR family take pictures first."
yep, that made it obvious that we are not family.
even papa didnt say a thing.
so we went out with our brand new clothes,
with the hope that raya would be nice crushed,
go to 7ELEVEN, had slurpee and waited till the session ends.
then we went back to the house,
the "forgive-and-forget" session started.
AGAIN! she did it again.
"you three cannot call my husband ayah long, you are not his nieces."
confirmed, we are not family.
we are hurt, but we didn't show it
not wanting their raya become as bad as ours.
we went raya with ibu too.
thank goodness abi's (step dad) family accept us.
but, of course, there is a problem.
NENEK (papa's mom)
she will make a fuss the whole raya!
even if we raya with her, or if we not.
when we went to her house, during first raya,
leaving ibu behind,
she was happy, but not satisfied.
she never let us wear the baju raya ibu made for us,
always asking us to hurry up when we are calling ibu.
when we went to ibu's,
she would cry , beg or something like that,
making us feel bad,
making it even harder.
as if it wasnt hard enough that we have to choose!
as if we didnt feel bad enough to see people celebrating with both of their parents,
but we are missing one.
we cried, among us, we cried.
inside, we are still crying.
GOD, stay with us,
make us strong.
AMIN~