My Housemaid Has a Big Influenced in My Life

Do you know that “heroes” are not always big people, but small people could also be one of them. For me, my housemaid is my everyday’s hero. Her name is Sundarti, she is thirty-seven years old and she comes from Ngawi, Jawa Timur. She has an important role in my life by helping my family to take a good care of many things in my house. There was a hard time for my family during the Idul Fitri’s day when she went back to her home village for couple of days. So, we all have to do everything by ourselves and then we realized that she is so important in our life.

During the interviewed time, there is a question about her dreams or goals. And her answer is so simple and so noble. She loves her family and she is a responsible person to be a mom and a housemaid. She really hopes that the salary that she gets will always be enough to fill the needs of her family and she could also pay for the school fee for her children. I think this is a good lesson to be followed or to be applied in our own life. She never thought of satisfying herself but she puts her family as her number one in life. Besides, she also has a good behavior, such as honest, patient, helpful and responsible.

As a housemaid, there are some challenges that she could face everyday. Missing her family is the most awful thing. She could not meet them for months, so what she could do is just talking by phone. The other challenge is when she is alone at home. She has to be aware and be more careful to the guests because they could be bad guys (robbery, thief).

I have learned many things from interviewing my housemaid. I will follow her good behavior and be thankful to her for helping my family as we need her every single day. The thing that really influenced me is I realized that my parents have done their best to spend their money to put me in the best school. Now it is my time to make them proud of myself. I will put all my effort and do my best in studying and reaching my dreams.  Just remember that we all have to be a better person (who can influence and help many people) in the future.