By Asye Wardoyo

Just a week before my uncle Benny left us, my feeling was so strong that I had to attend to the 48^th wedding anniversary dinner of my uncle Benny and aunty Soffie.

I said to myself, could it be my last time to meet and have dinner with him, no words came out of me, but my feeling said yes it might be and I should not miss it no matter how busy I can be……

During the dinner, I looked at him from time to time and this handsome uncle of mine, kind and generous, wise and everything what a girl like me would imagine of a man as an uncle, that evening he was mostly quite, smiling and I am sure his is happy to be surrounded by his closes family on the dinning table. Glad that I could make it to came but at the same time I felt also worried for unexpected things to happen to him as I always said to my self IF ONLY those who I love so much would never leave me as they mean so much to my life……. but at the same time I do realized life isn’t as it is.

Until a week after my uncle Benny pass away……… I cried and I am full of grief running my life after he left us all and I can imagine too, how much the family must have missed him especially my wonderful aunty Soffie.

I missed him as much as when I missed my mother, my son when they passed away and I do know only time will lead me back to my normal life again with all the good things I’ve ever learned from them.

My uncle Benny, has always been there for me in good and bad time and somehow he just knew it by instinct. Along with this note in memory of my uncle Benny, I want to thanks him for every single thing he has ever done for me and for others. And also like to thanks his family.

His life was already in a higher state of life because his life were for others too in giving help in time of needs, and many more that words can not describe.

May the Almighty God (Allah S.W.T.), looked after him well and placed him in the most nicest place next to HIM, amin.

And one more thing, as much as I love my uncle Benny, I also love my aunty Soffie and pray that she will be strong to face life ahead as she has always been apart of my uncle life for over 48 years and we, the younger generations needs her.

Sleep in peace uncle Ben…… we all love you.

Asye (a nick name which was given from my uncle Benny)