August 31 is Malaysia’s Independence Day. Merdeka! This is the month that reminds me of my mother, as she was born in August (the 18th) and the fact that she insists on hanging up the flags every August. End of July she would have start asking us to put up the flags (plural, yes.). My mom has passed, this is the ‘Merdeka Month‘, and to honor my country and remember my mother’s fond tradition I hooked up a flag on my office window.
Let’s all do that. Perhaps we can remember that the people of this country are many, and we are all different and alike all the same. perhaps we can remember that not a single person brought us to be a country, but a great many. When we decide to not be a positive participant towards the current and the future of the country, we are letting these people down. It is our country, our kids, our future.
May Allah shower us all with guidance, unity, integrity, serenity, prosperity and happiness.
A memory of the flag at my moms
My little flag
