Thursday, January 08, 2026

A Letter to Papa

Dear Papa,

It should be your 73rd birthday on the third of January. I could only send you Al-Fatihah and pray that Allah SWT always protect you. You don’t have to worry, I am doing fine although passing your birthday has never been easy. It’s the little things that made me miss you. Two days ago, I ate batagor with sweet soy bean and it reminded me of you since you liked to put it on almost all the dishes. 

I also remembered that when I was a little girl you used to pick me up from elementary school with bike. It’s random, really, on how memories played different fragments of the past.

A Letter to Papa

Dear Papa, It should be your 73rd birthday on the third of January. I could only send you Al-Fatihah and pray that Allah SWT always protect ...