Unforgettable Mother's Day

Unforgettable Mother’s Day

     May 8 was Mother’s Day of year 2016.  In Myanmar, some churches used to pin a flower on the chest of worshipers who came to the church on Mother’s Day.  The red rose depicts that a person who got it has living mother.The white  rose depicts  his or her mother is passed away.   Therefore, we knew each other whose mother was still alive or passed away through the color of roses that we got on Mother’s Day .

     I was happy when I got the red rose from the church where I belong to, on the Mother’s Day. I gave that rose to my mom in honor of her motherhood. She was very glad receiving the red rose to honor her life. It used to be like a habit between us.

     In year 2003, there was a white rose waiting at the church door to replace the red rose onto my chest  on Mother’s Day. Whilst the white rose was replacing on my chest, my eyes and my heart filled with tears. There were my two kids and their father,my beloved husband  beside me to celebrate Mother’s Day with me at the church and, after the church service. Therefore, my tears did not come out on my face. I did not   let them see tears on my face because I did not want to disturb their happiness for me. I would like to give them happiness as the gift of Mother’s Day from me.

At the same time in my heart, tears were testimony of my love for my mom which cannot be seen but only God sees. As a line in a famous gospel song, 
“ Tears are a language God understand.”

    On that day, when I arrived home there was a vessel on the table of my mom waiting to accept the white rose on behalf of her. That was 11^th May in 2003, unforgettable Mother's day in my life.

(These are some parts of sharing words of mine  on  Mother’s Day  at Chin Christian Fellowship in New York. )

Aim: To share some mother's Day celebration in Myanmar and the feeling on Mother's Day of motherhood .

jujulay  ( 17 / 5 / 2016 ) 

Posted 31 /5 / 2016