My Deep Appreciation Goes to Swiss Red Cross

I was so scared when earthquakes hit Jogja on May 2006. I had lots friends and relatives there, and sure my previous little baby. All day I was busy tried to contact all I knew in Jogja and got nervous when I couldn’t contact some, including an extremely nice friend who took care of my little baby.

I was not only busy contacting people I knew in Jogja, but also replying sms and emails, answering phone from friends. They wanted to know whether or not all my family, relatives and friends were ok.

In the evening, I sent an email to my friends, telling them the situation in Jogja, what survivors needed (well they whom I could contact told me the needs of survivors) and how to deliver their donation, all my relatives and friends were fine, but I didn’t know about my little baby yet. I asked my friends’ prayers for her. Most friends, knew who she was and what she meant for me.

What I didn’t expect was, some friends forwarded my emails to some humanitarian organizations. One morning at office, I received an email from Swiss Red Cross. There were three points in their emails:

1. they were sorry for what happened in my hometown and hoping that all my family were fine

2. they informed me that they have sent their volunteers and aids to Jogja collaborated with Indonesian Red Cross (well…Red Cross is an excellent organization, and this Swiss one is just simply great)

3. their prayer for my little baby. They hoped she could survive and someone would take a good care of her.

I truly didn’t know what to do when I read that email. I was shocked. It touched me deeply. They didn’t know who I was, and sent me a personal email like that. At the same time, I couldn’t stop my laughter and wanted to tell them one minor detail. So I replied their email.

“Thank you for bla bla bla. It really touched me when you mentioned about my little baby, but I am sure she’s fine. After all she’s a big cat, and cats usually can survive. However she means a lot to me, thank you for your concern.”

No reply from them again. Well, I don’t know whether or not they have read that email. I wonder what they would say when they know baby is a cat.