This is My Life

"Get out of here"

"(Something broken), is this what you want? “

"Are you crazy?"

The conversations made a girl drop her report card on the floor. Later, the girl cried and made two people who were fighting suddenly silent. The girl was still crying with school bag on his shoulder and wearing a uniform. The girl was named Sasa. She was in sixth grade of Elementary School. On the afternoon, she wanted to give good news to her father and her mother that she got the first rank in the class. However, the smile of happiness turned into tears of sadness. It was because her parents were quarrel, until the father banging his head against the wall and the mother tried to scold him. It was recorded clearly in the memory of Sasa. Her father and her mother pretended not to fight and put on an innocent face when they were looking Sasa. It was the first time for Sasa to see her parents fight.

On next day, Sasa went to school with a gloomy face. This morning her father was not at home. She thought maybe her father had left for working. Her mother just shut up and prepared breakfast. Sasa also ignore that condition. She thinks, everything will return to normal.

At school, Sasa got good news. She was appointed by Mr. Luminto (her sport teacher) to follow the sprint race. Sasa had hesitated to accept the offer, but when the test run was held by Mr. Luminto, Sasa run faster than others. Finally, Sasa achieved the challenge.

After school, Sasa has not seen his father. Usually at this hour, his father had come home from work. Sasa then ask it to his mother.

"Mom, where's father? Why did not he come home at this hour? ", asked Sasa

"I do not know, dear"

Sasa went into her room and looked anxiously in his face.

(One week later)

Every day, Sasa practices to run with Mr. Luminto on the yard of her school. Sasa did not think again about the problem of her parents, because her mother told her that her father went out of town for working. Tomorrow the sprint race will begin at the Senior High School of Airlangga. Sasa is ready.

On next day, Sasa gets up early. At 6:00, she had gone to Senior High school of Airlangga. Sasa had been waited by Mr. Luminto there. Around 08.00, the opening ceremony began. Sasa got the run at 08.30. So, she waited outside of the field.

Suddenly,,,,,

"Dad! “, Said Sasa

She saw her father with a woman, and the woman was not her mother. She tried to approach him.

"Daddy, why are you here? Mom said, daddy is out of town to work? ", asked Sasa

"I came home, but I have not had time to go home. Why are you here too? ”

"I have a sprint race competition here. Daddy, why mom........... "

From a distance, Mr. Luminto called Sasa to go to field immediately. This makes Sasa could not continue her question to her father.

Ready,

Go!

Sasa ran quickly. She tried to accelerate and focus to forward. Although, in her mind before had pictured her father and the woman.

"Yes!”, shrieked Sasa followed by tears. Then, it followed by a standing ovation from the audience.

After the race, Sasa decided to go home. Arriving at the house, Sasa wanted to show the trophy to her mother and told that her father will be home tonight. When Sasa went to her mother, she looked her mother cried.

"Mom, why? “, Sasa asked frantically.

"Mom and Dad are getting a divorce. He cheated us, dear."

Sasa breath felt tight, her heart was heavy. Her body was limp and her eyes water irresistible. At that time, she was really devastated.

(10 years later)

"Mom, come here! “

"Why, dear?”, said Sasa

"Butterfly, I like it"

Sasa was accompanying her daughter that play in the garden behind her house. Sasa is now working at the hospital of Budi Utomo. Sasa is a doctor. She now lives with her mother, her husband, and her daughter which has age of 5 year old. Since the incident, Sasa moved to her aunt's home with her mother. There, she started a new life and forget everything. Now, she got a new, more harmonious family.

(This short story is fiction, but through this story, I wanted to convey that life is a choice and challenge. Don’t give up to get a happiness of life. Life is an adventure, dare it!)