I was looked after by my uncle and aunt when I was a child
Published on HivePostify by @yuliadi · Thu Sep 03 2026
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Hello
This is a blessed day for all of us. May we always be healthy and have ease in all our affairs, amen.
When I was little, my mother entrusted me to the care of my aunt and uncle. At that time, my family's financial situation was very difficult. Since my father's death, my mother was the one who supported me. As a woman, my mother worked hard to support me, working as a farmer, and I often helped her in the fields even though I was still very young.
At the age of ten, I was entrusted to the care of my aunt and uncle. My mother was living with her new husband, my stepfather. Although I say he was the one who robbed me of my childhood happiness, they had their reasons. To improve the family's financial situation, my mother went with her new husband to work in another village far from where we lived. So that I could continue my education, she entrusted me to her aunt and uncle.
Our house and my uncle's house were very close, only a few steps apart. I didn't live with my uncle; I lived in my own house, but they took care of me at that time and prepared my meals until I decided to go to college in the city.
The eight years I was cared for by my aunt and uncle was not a short time, so I became very close to them. They and their children always help me whenever I have a problem. I consider them like my parents, and they also consider me like their child.
To this day, our relationship remains very close, even though I live far away from them. We always communicate. Now, whenever there's a problem, they always tell me, and I do the same. Even though I now have a wife and children, our closeness has only grown. I encourage my wife and children to obey them and love them because they are like my parents.
I've passed this on to my children, and perhaps when I have grandchildren, I will also pass it on: that they should know that my uncles and aunts are my substitute parents, and they should respect and love them.
I've seen people who aren't close to their aunts and uncles for a specific reason, but I don't see that as a bad thing because they have their own reasons. Every extended family has its own personal issues, and we can't immediately judge them as good or bad, as everything has its own cause and effect. I understand that we'll be considered good if we can fulfill their wishes, and they don't want to know about our conditions and situations. That's what happens everywhere.
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Honestly, I really enjoy having a good relationship with my extended family. Yes, we continue to maintain and nurture the harmony of our extended family by keeping in touch and visiting them at least twice a year. If our extended family lives far away, but if our extended family lives close by, we visit often.
Furthermore, we also invite our extended family to every event, whether small or large, to strengthen our extended family ties and pass them on to our children. And every Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adhar, we visit each other. This not only strengthens our relationship, but it's also part of our mandate.
My name is @yuliadi, from Aceh, Indonesia. Since discovering Hive, I've been more active on my blog and writing original content every day. I write in Indonesian, translated using Google Translate. My blog is my life.
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