Waiting In The Rain

Have you ever tried waiting for someone in a midst of a storm? Have you ever tried to wait so long for someone whose arrival that seems uncertain? Have you ever tried to wait for someone who’s not familiar with you? Have you?

Once in our life, we do things that seems so unreal. As if, it’s an event that is only told on romantic novels and fairy tales. But once you’ve experience one, it will bring memories that will last a lifetime.

It was a thing that happened more than a year ago, but still fresh from my memory, as if it just happened yesterday. In the near end of a street, I stand waiting for someone to arrive. Despite the rain that pours down so hard and the hands of the clock that moves so slowly, I kept on waiting. I pray for someone who will fetch me, share his umbrella, carry my bag, and hold my hands to keep me warm, and after a few more minutes, my prayer was answered. The person that I’ve been waiting for had finally arrived. He came closer to me, took my hands, gave me a gentle smile, and walk with me. When he realized that my shirt was already wet, he quickly offered his jacket and came even closer to me for us to feel warmer.  On that moment, everything seems so perfect. The rain that continues to fall and chilling wind that blew created a certain atmosphere that I could not explain. It was something special—so special that even on that very moment, I know that it will hold a great meaning in my life.

For me, it’s not the event that creates a certain impact in my life, but the realization that after a long wait, there will come a person that you’ve prayed for. A person that will turn an ordinary day into something special and will eventually took away all the negative emotions that you felt deep inside. It feels great and honestly, I am really thankful that I am with him even after the rain had finally stopped. I am pretty sure that it will certainly be one of those moments that will be stored along other countless joyful memories that we will gather along the way.