Parents

        Have you ever imagined..that one day..while you're sleeping soundly..the phone rings.. with your eyes half open..You answered the call with a lazy voice while silently cursing in your heart.. the voice of the caller is getting clearer..and as you heard the news..you dropped the phone..numb..speechless... you sister/brother just told you that your mother /father had just passed away...

        While we are busy working and getting  a hold of our everyday lives, I believe that in one way or another, we have forgotten that we are not going to live forever. There will come the day when our lives end..and when that day comes..there's no stopping and there's no turning back. Often do we see or hear that when this happens, people start regretting..they regret not being able to always be by their loved ones..they regret not showing their loved ones how much they love them...they regret for not calling their parents everyday to ask how they are doing... 

        As mere humans, there is no denying that we often forget things..we forget to appreciate life and we forget to care and love for our loved ones. In other words, we often take things for granted until those things are taken away from us. Parents are irreplaceable. No one can ever replace them. They are the ones who care for us since we were born..and even when we are married and have our own family, if anything happens to us, I'm sure they are the ones who will be the first person to worry. 

        As their sons and daughters, isn't it fair for us to do the same? They cared for us when we were young and now that they's getting older, shouldn't we care for them in return? There are many instances in the Holy Quran where Allah mentioned the need to be good to our parents right after His command to worship no one except He. This clearly shows that being good to our parents are a great responsibility that everyone should carry out dutifully and that Allah's blessings depend on the blessings of our parents.. 

        So lets do our best to take care of our parents and be good to them. We don't want our lives to be filled with regrets for not being able to carry out our duties as sons and daughters. Every night, before we go to sleep, lets tell them how much we love them and ask for their forgiveness...for we never know if tomorrow would ever come...

::Love you Ayah and Mama::