Marsha Maung:: Freelance graphic designer and writer

I hate it when I have to say goodbye…especially when you know it may be forever. Correction, chances are, it will be forever. I just want to say ‘see you’ or just ‘bye’ with a wave and a smile. Those tearful goodbyes just rips me up in shreds and makes me want to bawl…..

And yet, tomorrow, I know I will have it good again…

The last time I had to say ‘Good Bye Forever’ was when my first maid, Maria Ulfa, left for home. I knew she was never coming back and yet I hoped that she would. I knew she was going to continue on with her life, happily, without us, and yet I hoped that she would stay with us forever. Hence, a huge bawling scene at the airport.

This time, it’s my sister-in-law’s maid, YuYun. She’s not my maid but she spends a lot of time here for the past 6+ years. Oh, we’ve had our differences but we’ve mended up lots of times too, and this makes the friendship more solid and special. We don’t have to see eye to eye but we’ve provided each other company and aid when we needed.

I am going out to the Pharmacy, to get one of ‘em tissue packages…..Buy 12 boxes, free 1 box, you know.