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Slow Afternoon

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There’s one thing I’ve learned along the way, though, is how much it helps to have someone who stands with you. My husband has been that for me. He has been that quiet strength for me. On days when mood swings and anxiety (due to my health) quietly take over the rhythm of life, it takes a special kind of person to meet you with patience and kindness. Someone who listens without rushing to fix things, who laughs in tears with you over back and forth reels that we sent to each other, or who gently pets the cat – even after she has scratched another part of our sofas.

My inner circle friends have been that for me as well. Those whom I can poke at any time just to rearrange my heart, suddenly coffee or hours of gibberish just to clear the fog in our heads.

I’m so thankful to have hubby and close friends by my side, and I sincerely hope you have people like that too.

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Thankful

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Menjelang akhir tahun ini, saya sering bertanya ke diri sendiri: apa yang paling saya syukuri dari tahun ini?
Jawabannya sederhana: support. Dari banyak arah, dalam banyak bentuk.

Di pekerjaan, saya belajar lagi bahwa tim bukan sekadar orang-orang yang bekerja bersama, tapi orang-orang yang memilih untuk saling menopang. Saya bersyukur memiliki tim yang solid. Pernah, suatu kali tim kami ketiban kerjaan tim lain dan itu adalah project Rorojongrang. Terbiasa membuat timeline dan distribusi pekerjaan (tanpa pushing, karena itu bukan gaya saya), saya sampaikan ke tim risiko jika tugas ini tidak selesai dan saya prep tim jika karena ini maka kami semua kena getahnya. Saya kira mereka akan nggrundel (siapa coba yang seneng ketiban kerjaan tim lain?), ngedumel atau mundur, namun jawaban mereka mengagetkan saya.

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Mama I Love You

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I have an on and off relationship with my mom. Yeah, just like many other mother-daughter relation, during my teenage and young adult time I argued with her a lot. And mom objected plenty: about my mini skirt choices, my male friends or the breached curfew. Differ than my dad whose being protective by sending people or making sure I had someone who’s eyeing me, mom would use words. Flying out her teeth like speeding bullet: fast, sharp and hurtful.

Now, I have a good relationship with my mom. We went on a trip together exploring Vietnam and Cambodia, Singapore also Australia. Mom also takes care of my son whenever I needed to go for business trip but still with our current state, I still thought I had a terrible teenage year.

Anw as you can read from my blog posts, lately I journal a lot about my childhood involving her. And I am reminded that actually I had lots of good times with my mom. It’s funny how my mind tricks me to stick on the bad time teenager memories than the sweet childhood one whilst tbh I had even way better memories with her.

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