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Family is Whole Again

Our little family is whole again. Hubbs is back for good. He accepted a job offer (project-basis) in Brunei and has been there since before Ramadhan. His tenure ended at the end of December. During his stay, he came back every 2 weeks. Sometimes 3 weeks.

So, most of last year, I was a "single mother". It was quite difficult at first, juggling everything alone. Sending and fetching Aliyah from school and tuition, caring for my mother in the mornings, having to go for meetings in the city at least twice a week. The hard part was having to rush back from meetings. There were times I had to ask Aliyah to stay back at school because I couldn't get off early.

Things started to get a little bit easier after a couple of months. I guess things were still the same but we have gotten used to the arrangements. The airport has also become a very familiar place. Every 2 weeks, mostly on Fridays, Aliyah and I would wait for Hubbs to send message that he has already boarded. Then we would go over either to Mitsui or KLIA2 to have early dinner, pass our time window shopping and then fetch Hubbs usually at around 9.30pm. Hubbs would spend the weekend with us and go back on Sunday nights.

Allah tidak akan menguji HambaNya di luar kemampuan. So very true. Alhamdulillah, even though things were quite tough, but the three of us managed to overcome the challenge. Individually, in our own ways. I think the tough part was us being alone here by ourselves. Banyak benda kena settle sendiri. Being sick was also very difficult for Hubbs and I. There was nothing much either of us can do for each other. As for me, bila demam teruk macam mana pun, still have to get up to take care of Aliyah.

Now we are both out of jobs/projects😑. Times are quite hard nowadays. Insyaallah, yakin akan rezeki Allah. Now, we are just enjoying spending time again as a family😁.

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