Mourning at Night
A narrative essay by Jomar Romero Balmores
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In every human life, there is an unforgettable moment or experience. There could be many memorable moments or experience that is hard to choose which one to write about. This moment or experiences can be pleasant or unpleasant and possibly end up beneficial or not.
Today I will be writing a narrative essay about the most unforgettable moment in life, The day which I can’t forget in life is when my father died. I wish that night should not come through my life because I wanted my father to stay in my life, but God didn’t allow me. He died without seeing his son growing. Let me share some of the unpleasant memories that happen that night. February 05, 2015, I heard my mother murmurs my father’s name, so I directly go to our kitchen without someone noticing me, my parents wanted me to wake up early after that I granted it. Suddenly I heard someone screaming like anything happens wrong after that I go to my parents’ bedroom, and I saw the last teardrops of my father, My mother said to me that my father died. I ask her not to tell a joke because it’s not humorous anymore, but my mother repeated what she said to me, I went outdoor, and I screamed so hard, and I ask God why he did this to me? I also noted that night to him that “I hate you God you’re not my God, and you’ll never be my God’’ That night my siblings woke up and I told them that God took our father, that night until today I heard the scream of my mother and my siblings, cry of loss, pain, and sorrow. I didn’t also forget the words that my father told me before. That day, I didn’t understand the idea that my father wants to express or the meaning of the terms that my father told me was and why my father told me to keep that thing, but as time passes, I understand what my father meant to say.
In the present time, when I think, or someone reminds me of that moment. I felt so bad for questioning God, but as the Book of Sincerity told. “Everything in life happens for a reason, no matter how hard or how unfair it is something better will always come out of it’’ Today, I understand why God took my father, and that is to test how strong our faith is. That night changed me a lot from inside, and that night, I witnessed how God proves our family and myself.
This narrative essay was written by Jomar Romero Balmores from Mallig, Isabela, and published under Snow Times.