I met her at the airport on the day my eldest daughter left for Wisconsin. Even from the first meeting I knew that this woman had a big heart. She greeted me with  kind and humble words while struggling in her wheel chair to give me a hug. As days passed, I became to know Kak Teh better. I learned later that she was suffering from an illness. It's hard to explain;  shall we just say caused by someone who resorted to evil and malicious practices to make her suffer. Despite her worsening condition, she dropped by my office a few times to say hello. In our conversations, she often expressed her fear of not having the chance to see her daughter again. Every time she did, my eyes would become teary.

Then , it happened.

Kak Teh passed away on a rainy Friday morning on January 27, 2017 and just as she had feared, her daughter did not get to see her for the last time...