Pernah ga lo cium tubuh seseorang yg sudah dingin dan meninggal?
Pernah ga lo memeluk atau menggenggam tangan seseorang beberapa menit sebelum dia pergi
untuk selamanya?
Pernah ga lo menyaksikan seseorang mengembuskan napas terakhirnya?
Kalau belum, jangan pernah mendikte seseorang bagaimana cara mereka harus berduka.
Musisi asal Puerto Riko ini makin mencuri perhatian selepas tampil di Super Bowl halftime show kemarin. Tapi bagaimana cara memahami konteks bahwa penampilan itu juga bagian dari rangkaian aksi politis yang (mungkin) cukup bikin kepikiran Presiden AS, Donald Trump?
Ditulis oleh @sonitriantoro
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"My kid came home from school talking about the weird lunch lady.
"Mom, she's so strange. She memorizes everyone's name by the third day. Like, all 600 kids."
I figured she was exaggerating. Teenagers do that.
Then parent-teacher night happened. I was running late, hadn't eaten, saw the cafeteria was open. Grabbed a sandwich. The lunch lady, older woman with gray hair in a hairnet, was cleaning tables.
"You're Zoe's mom," she said without looking up.
I stopped. "How'd you know?"
"Same eyes. She sits table seven, always picks the apples nobody wants because they're bruised. Drinks chocolate milk even though she's lactose intolerant. Hurts herself rather than waste food."
I stood there, stunned. "You know this about my daughter?"
"I know it about all of them."
She kept wiping tables. Started talking, not to me exactly, just... talking.
"Marcus, table three, his dad left last year. Always takes double servings on Fridays because there's less food at home on weekends. Jennifer counts calories out loud to punish herself. Brett throws away lunches his mom packs because kids make fun of the ethnic food, but he's starving by sixth period. Ashley's parents are divorcing, she stress-eats in the bathroom."
"Why are you telling me this?"
She finally looked at me. "Because you're all at parent-teacher conferences talking about grades. Nobody's talking about this. About who's eating, who's not, who's hurting."
"What do you do about it?"
"What can I do? I'm the lunch lady. I make sure Marcus gets those extra servings without asking. I tell Jennifer the calorie counts are wrong, lower than they are. I pack Brett containers of his mom's food labeled as 'cafeteria leftovers' so he can eat it without shame. I bought Zoe lactose-free chocolate milk with my own money, tell her we're trying a new brand."
I felt like I'd been punched.
"Does anyone know you do this?"
"The kids who need to know, know. That's enough."
I went home and couldn't stop thinking about it. Started asking Zoe questions. She confirmed everything.
"Yeah, Mrs. Chen just... sees people. She stopped my friend from... she helped when nobody else noticed."
Turns out, Mrs. Chen had worked at that school for 22 years. Made $14 an hour. Knew the story of every struggling kid who came through her lunch line. Never reported it, never made it official, just adjusted portions, swapped items, paid for things quietly.
Teachers didn't know the extent. Administrators had no idea. She just showed up, served food, and saved kids in ways nobody measured.
Last year, Mrs. Chen had a stroke. Had to retire.
The school hired someone new. Efficient. Fast. Didn't learn names.
Within three months, the guidance counselor's office was flooded. Kids breaking down. Nobody could figure out why.
Until one kid finally said it: "Mrs. Chen knew when we were drowning. She threw life preservers disguised as extra tater tots. Now nobody's watching."
The school brought Mrs. Chen back. Part-time. Not to serve food. Just to be there. They called her position "Student Wellness Observer."
She's 68 now, walks with a cane, can't lift heavy trays anymore.
But she still memorizes all 600 names by the third day.
Still knows who needs what.
Still saves kids during lunch periods when everyone else is just serving food.
My daughter graduated last month. In her speech, she thanked Mrs. Chen.
"Some people teach math. Some teach history. Mrs. Chen taught us that being seen is sometimes the only thing standing between surviving and giving up."
The whole cafeteria stood up.
Turns out, weird lunch ladies who memorize names?
They're the most important people in the building."
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Let this story reach more hearts....
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By Grace Jenkins
Telah nyata kerusakan di darat dan di laut karena ulah tangan manusia. (QS 30:41)
Catatan reflektif tentang bencana…
Rangkaian badai, tanah longsor, banjir bandang, gunung meletus, hingga satwa yang kelaparan belakangan ini jangan hanya kita pandang sebagai musibah alam, tetapi wajib dipandang sebagai cermin diri.
Badai, hujan lebat, gunung meletus, adalah peristiwa alam yang telah berlangsung jutaan tahun. Namun, kita memperparah dan mengubahnya menjadi bencana ketika kita memperlakukan alam tanpa etika. Tata ruang dilanggar, hutan ditebang habis, pesisir dicemari, habitat satwa dihancurkan.
Ingat kan di masa kampanye lalu kita pernah sama-sama membahas tentang pentingnya tobat ekologis, yaitu mengakui dosa kolektif kita pada bumi, lalu mengubah cara kita hidup dan cara negara mengelola kuasa?
Kita perlu mengakui bahwa kerusakan ini adalah hasil pilihan kolektif, mulai dari kebijakan yang lemah, mengabaikan analisis risiko, pengawasan yang longgar, serta ketidakpedulian ketika aturan dilanggar demi keuntungan jangka pendek yang hanya dinikmati sebagian orang.
Hari ini kita harus jujur bahwa kita terpaksa hidup berdampingan dengan bencana. Terlalu sulit untuk mencegah semuanya. Iklim sudah berubah, bentang alam sudah banyak dilukai. Namun, kita masih bisa mengurangi risikonya, sembari terus berusaha memperbaiki kerusakan alam.
Caranya, dengan tata kelola yang transparan, penegakan hukum yang tegas, gaya hidup yang lebih ramah bumi, keberanian berkata “tidak” pada proyek yang merusak, serta mendidik dan membiasakan mitigasi bencana secara serius bagi seluruh masyarakat.
Ini mungkin unpopular opinion: bumi tidak peduli pada kita, dan bumi tidak butuh kita peduli padanya. Bumi akan terus berputar, dengan atau tanpa manusia. Yang sedang terancam punah bukanlah planetnya, tapi keberlangsungan hidup kita sendiri. Maka kitalah yang butuh peduli pada bumi.
Tobat ekologis, sebuah pengingat dari Paus Fransiskus, adalah upaya yang harus kita jalankan untuk mengembalikan batas. Batas serakah, batas abai, batas melanggar aturan. Demi bumi yang lebih layak dihuni untuk anak dan cucu kita semua. •••
Thank you, @UniofOxford! When leading institutions shine a light on local scientists alongside their own, it elevates the shared craft of knowledge and deepens global cooperation. We all advance further when we lift every contributor.
@myshawti Ya ALLAH NAIKAN DERAJAT ORANG TUANYA YA RABB BIMBING ANAKNYA MENJADI ANAK YG MEMILIKI AHKLAK YG BAIK,SHOLEH,DAN BERGUNA UNTUK NEGARA DAN KELUARGANYA YA ALLAH
5 years old - Mom, I love you.
12 years old - Mom, I can't stand you.
16 years old - My mother is very annoying.
18 years old - I'm leaving this house.
25 years old - Mom, you were right.
30 years old - I want to go to my mom's house.
50 years old - I don't want to lose my mother.
70 years old - I would give up everything to have my mom here with me.
You only have one mom. Take care of her while she's still alive.
Saya heran, kemarin ART Mbak Cleopatra digaji 1.7 juta per bulan dibilang perbudakan.
Sementara, saya bilang dosen lulusan S3 digaji di bawah UMR dibilang cherry picking.
Well, enjoy the cherry, then.
@dheameong Terus kan dia sering blg woman support woman, kalo kyk gitu dia malah jatuhkan ibu2 yg punya anak. Apalagi new mom itu mental emosi ga karu2an. Bs2 baca tulisannya tambah edan nanti.
@dheameong Tp maaf ya dhe pemilihan kata2nya agak krg tepat di ig seolah2 merendahkan orang yg uda beranak pasti lsg keliatan tua, dan dia ngmg tanpa penelitian resmi berdasarkan anggapan dia aja. Padahal kmrin aku kekampusku dikira masi mahasiswa bukan dosen (maaf agak narsis)