Last night I got an sms from Erik informing me that a good friend of ours, Dede was in critical condition. All I could do was offer my prayers. I had already known that Dede had been in and out of the hospital for cancer but for the past couple of weeks her condition had deteriorated. Thanks to Erik I always got an update of her condition.
So when I got the sms, I told Erik…”Let’s pray that Allah will grant what is best for her”…and well…in the morning, just as I woke up I got another sms from Erik telling me that Dede passed away. It seems what Allah knew best for her was to release her from her pain and have her join Him.
Innalillahi wa Inna ilaihiraji’un…Allahummaghfir lahaa warhamhaa wa'fu 'anhaa
May Allah reward her for all the good that she's done...and forgive her for any wrongdoings, and accept her into jannah..
The news was quite shocking and all day I was not able to concentrate on anything else...
Dede was a friend from high school - and although we were never really close in school, we had reconnected again through the alumni mailing list. We were often on Yahoo Messenger joking around with the guys in a YM conference, and on several occasions we exhcanged emails. Dede was also very helpful when I needed help for some friends who were going to be travelling to Bali, as she was a travel agent in Bali and offered a lot of good advice and assistance to my friends. It is because of tragedies like this that one tends to sit and contemplate life...and I did just that today. I realized (yet again) that life is short...and precious. I can't help but feel sad thinking about Dede's 4 kids that now have to grow up without her...the youngest who is only 9 months old will never really know her. I hope that they will be able to be strong and cope with this loss. I have to count myself lucky and be grateful, Alhamdulilah, for every day that Allah allows me to continue to live in this world...to continue to pursue the dreams that I still want to pursue...still be able to tell the people that are most dearest to me that I love them...still be able to look out my window (as I'm doing now in my office on campus) and see the beautiful moon shining down on the world...Like the saying goes...
Dance as if no one were watching,
Sing as if no one were listening,
And live every day as if it were your last
Turut berduka cita...semoga amal ibadah nya diterima di sisi Allah.. 