Hope

One day I would like to be home with my children and be able to cook and do activities with them. Watch them grow up properly. Will give myself another year and drop the idea permanently if I still can't find a way to work from home.

Just now our friend shared a personal message with her hubby on our group wall/ page. Her FIL is staying with her during Ramadan & she is feeling rather inadept without any help. However when she received a message from hubby that he loves her & thankful to have such a thoughtful wife, she decided to accept the task fully.

To me it is rather sweet. They do not meet all that much, as her hubby handles their business in KL and returns home to Penang only on weekends. In this lies my main point: that everybody gets their own set of challenges. Life's tests are customised & no copying is allowed.

Another friend is challenged by a hubby with ALS, basically where the muscles waste away. She would have to opt for early retirement and take 1/3 of her salary (instead of 1/2 for a full retirement). Soon she will be the full time carer for her hubby. He feels guilty about having to ask her to leave employment, but she decided to embrace it fully. She herself is an achiever and high flyer, and I can imagine her emotions now when faced with such a choice.

At the end of the day, what matters is how we serve our Maker by serving the mortals we have chosen to be with (i.e. hubby and extended family) and those we choose to have (i.e. children). May Allah have mercy on all of us & grant us eternal grace and strength to carry on.