Open Letter for My Son - Happy Eight Months Birthday Luth Mikael
Sep 17th 2008DiyanaLuth Mikael
Dear Miki,
I am writing this on 17th September 2008 and coincidently it is 17 Ramadan 1429 in the Islamic calendar. And on this blessed month of Ramadan, you turn 8 months old. I want you to know that I am very-very proud of you. You have reached so many milestones and you are charming but most of all, I am so thankful to Allah the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious, the Most Beneficent… for your excellent health. All praise for the Al-Mighty.
Son,
I am feeling the sorrow of a friend of mine with a baby who is ailing. With all my heart I pray for her son’s health and speedy recovery. And to be blessed with a child like you, Luth Mikael, once again I praise God, Alhamdulillah for my healthy baby.
Throughout your 8 months of life you only got two illnesses. Thank God for nothing serious. When you were about 3 days old you were yellowish and diagnosed with jaundice. It broke my heart to a thousand pieces when you were admitted to Hospital Pantai Mutiara, Penang. I brokedown like crazy even though I knew you will only be away for one night. The next morning when you were discharged, I was so relieved that you would soon be better, that I forgot to curse the obnoxious Dr Chan for admitting you unnecessarily. Though it tormented me a great deal but I realized that jaundice is absolutely common and curable, it is almost harmless.
The next hiccup would be eczema, which you have on your cheeks. There were times when it got bad and very red and there were times when your face is very clear. Like other mothers, I got so distressed with the itchy inflammation on your face that I was often in tears and sometimes it even haunts me in my dreams. I felt so sorry for you, I was almost depressed!
Miki,
In this sacred month of Ramadan I want to embrace the moments of serenity and closeness to God. I want to start thinking positive and be thankful for the beautiful child that you are, blessed with great health. For goodness sake I got to stop wailing when looking at you rubbing your cheeks – You only have itchy skin, not skin cancer! Mummy needs to get a grip! Luckily now the eczema has totally cured and you look cuter than ever. Looking back, what was I thinking risking gila meroyan over reddish baby cheeks? Gosh, I reacted like you’ve got a virus or something! But then again maybe I was gila meroyan!
Miki,
Mummy is very thankful that you have never gotten colic or kembung perut – not once in your entire life! I am thankful that you never got stomach ache – not once! I am so pleased that you don’t have a speck of rash on your bum or anywhere else– never! I am happy that you never got constipation – at all! I am so thankful that most of typical baby health problems never got to you. Thank God.
You had running nose a few times only by mixing with other sick kids at the babysitter’s. You were coughing too once or twice but only when it got too cold. You had low grade fever a couple of time, once when you were a few weeks old- for over swaddling and another after your 5th month immunization injection, but the highest temperature was only 37.4 degree Celsius. Which was almost not a fever at all. I am very thankful for all that. I am a very lucky mother.
Miki, with good health that God has bestowed upon our family, let’s all remember Him more. Let’s be nice to all mankind and lets pray for all our sins to be forgiven. I hope you will grow up to be a good person, a obedient servant to Him and a compassionate friend to other people. But no, you still cannot date girls from THAT state in Malaysia and THAT part of Selangor. Someday when you have you own blog, try not to diss other bloggers. People can always say that we are boring but they can never-never say that we are cocky!
Happy 8th month birthday, Miki!
Love,
Mummy
