"From This Moment...... Life Has Begun."

Saturday, December 14, 2013 is the most sacred day for us. In this day, we tied the knot. We promised each other to spend the rest of our life together, in ups and downs, in health and sickness, in sorrow and happiness.

Donning a broken white gown with stunning hijab do, I walked through the mimbar flanked by The Fia, one of my husband’s nieces. From the hijab hole, I saw my husband’s face down. He wore grey suit with black and silver tie; very handsome. I thought he was as nervous as I was. I also spotted our parents and relatives sitting very nicely around ijab-kabul table. However, I had no time to see their face one by one. I kept walking, heading the place next to him. A few cushions had been prepared for us. I sat on it. I heard he was whispering “Are you ready?”. I didn’t answer his question maybe because I was too busy placing my floor-length gown properly.

The MC opened the wedding ceremony. It’s begun with Basmallah and reading Alqur’an. Afterwards, she asked the bride to pronounce “Surat Permohonan Nikah”. I was hit by nervousness. My hands trembled but I tried to reach the microphone placed in front of me. I began reading the statement by saying Basmallah. I started crying. I was so sad. I just didn’t realize how time flew. I was about to be a wife while I was still feeling like Daddy’s little girl. I still saw myself playing wooden sword with my nephew, ended with my knee injury and Dad got mad. I kept watching myself crying crazily on “palupuh” until I peed on my pants and Mom got angry. And now, Dad was in front of me, ready to let me go, swimming into the deep sea of marriage. It was just….too sad. I will have a new phase, the next episodes of life. I mumbled the statement which is written in Sundanese. Afterwards, my Dad replied my request. His voice trembled, trying to speak while dropping tears.

The next agenda is ijab-kabul. This is the most essential one above all. This is the moment when my Dad willingly gave me to a man whom I spent my life with. There was a spectacular thing during ijab-kabul. Soon after my Dad finished saying the statement, my husband to be replied it in such a speedy utterance. Very fast. I was both amazed and wanted to laugh. But I tried to conceal it. :D

Alhamdulillah the witnesses said that the ijab Kabul was shah. We’re officially husband and wife since then. We still can’t believe it. It was a blessed sacred day ever.