Not wanting to say goodbye...
The year has been a very challenging and exciting one for me, for Hanafy and for the children. In other words, for the family. More so from the middle of the year when we started to pick up speed and momentum with our trainings...
We, and me especially, practically lived out of a luggage bag or two. There were times when we had to pack two sets of luggage to meet back-to-back engagements ~ back home one day in time to drop off a bag and pick up another for the next day's travel. It wasn't just about Time Management anymore; it was also about Laundry Management. Making sure we had THE correct set of clothes for the right sessions.
Then there's the in-between translation and writing assignments. Thank God for the internet and Thank God for my new (then) Vaio...and Thank God for my Celcom broadband! Connected everywhere ~ cool technology.
While the travel could be exhilirating and tiring at times, the rewards more than made up for them, both financially and emotionally. The children? Well, sometimes they do raise the matter of mummy not being there especially during their exams, but they soon got used to seeing and not-seeing us. I on the other hand, sometimes was and am haunted with guilt for having to leave them during their needful times, and for having to defer and postpone agreed time-outs for those last minute changes to my schedules etc.
And now, as the year is fast approaching its end, I reflect on what had taken place in the year. And you know what? I am hoping for the momentum to continue, if not at almost the same pace then equally spaced out AND of course, better managed. And I hope that at the continued speed, I would be able to brake and take a pit stop at the needful moments. I have to ~ Raihanah is in her last primary year and that means, a major exam year for her. I want to be around with her for this.
And I want to continue experiencing the high of these past few months. I hope and pray I am not asking for too much. I hope and I pray that what I ask for is for the good of my family and I. And more than ever, I hope and I pray that I will always be thankful for what I got and get. Thank God for everything!
We, and me especially, practically lived out of a luggage bag or two. There were times when we had to pack two sets of luggage to meet back-to-back engagements ~ back home one day in time to drop off a bag and pick up another for the next day's travel. It wasn't just about Time Management anymore; it was also about Laundry Management. Making sure we had THE correct set of clothes for the right sessions.
Then there's the in-between translation and writing assignments. Thank God for the internet and Thank God for my new (then) Vaio...and Thank God for my Celcom broadband! Connected everywhere ~ cool technology.
While the travel could be exhilirating and tiring at times, the rewards more than made up for them, both financially and emotionally. The children? Well, sometimes they do raise the matter of mummy not being there especially during their exams, but they soon got used to seeing and not-seeing us. I on the other hand, sometimes was and am haunted with guilt for having to leave them during their needful times, and for having to defer and postpone agreed time-outs for those last minute changes to my schedules etc.
And now, as the year is fast approaching its end, I reflect on what had taken place in the year. And you know what? I am hoping for the momentum to continue, if not at almost the same pace then equally spaced out AND of course, better managed. And I hope that at the continued speed, I would be able to brake and take a pit stop at the needful moments. I have to ~ Raihanah is in her last primary year and that means, a major exam year for her. I want to be around with her for this.
And I want to continue experiencing the high of these past few months. I hope and pray I am not asking for too much. I hope and I pray that what I ask for is for the good of my family and I. And more than ever, I hope and I pray that I will always be thankful for what I got and get. Thank God for everything!
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Maria (Zain)