Will Hajj Up To 2 Weeks, Tya Arestya Spends More Time With Children

Tya Arestya's family (Instagram @tya_ariestya)

JAKARTA - Tya Arestya expressed her feelings and preparations for the departure to perform the pilgrimage, including the question of leaving her young children. Even though it was hard, he left it entirely to Allah while preparing all the needs carefully.

"Alhamdulillah, no children are fussy (want to be left behind by the pilgrimage), so I'm just going to go to the assistants because this is the first time I've left the children for more than 3 days, at least leaving the children for 3 days is the longest time, I've lived with the children for a long time," said Tya Arestya.

His departure this time has indeed become a new experience, especially as a mother who has always accompanied her children. He also focuses more on technical and emotional preparation so that children feel safe and maintained even without his temporary presence.

"So it's more about preparing like this yesterday, my son was also sick and that's how my little child has a fever, I'm also more prepared (give a message) 'if for example this, the doctor is'," he continued.

Tya also prepared all the information needed by the children and caregivers, to ensure that if there is an emergency situation, everyone knows what to do.

"If this arrives, yes, we will be called so that we are more prepared, afraid that later I will be far away, sometimes we are called worship, we can't always hold cellphones, the important thing is that they already know the stages, just go there," he said.

To maintain comfort and security during his departure, Tya arranged for all family members to stay at home to help take care of their children.

"Then everything was collected at home, like mom, it's definitely at home, then mom and dad already live at home too so they can take care of mom, then my sister-in-law already, 'just stay at home, everyone'," continued Tya.

However, Tya admitted that before leaving for the pilgrimage for 2 weeks, she spent a lot of time with her two children.

"Well, thank God, when I was with the children, I mostly worked at home even though I went to the office 1 minute from home and the children could go back and forth every day," he said.

"So now the quality time is more together, like exercising together, then more at home, making up toys like legos, more like that," he added.