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BY SONIA D. DAQUILA
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Sunday, May 14, 2017
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“NANAY” has been the sweetest word for me. It meant food or pasalubong when she came home from her job. She was someone I could truly trust, she was friend, a barkada, with whom I could pour out myself, good or bad, a success or a failure, she had always found me “a winner”, and when sick, her touch meant healing for me.
Nanay is not around anymore but her words linger. Beyond the physical comfort she gave me, Nanay had given me three things: faith in God when things go wrong; unconditional love; and trust in my capacity to achieve my goals by allowing me to explore the world on my own.
Today is May 14, the second Sunday of May, a special day for all mothers, but, do you know when Mother’s Day started and who initiated this celebration?
Mother’s Day celebration started in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, a peace activist who cared for the wounded soldiers during the American civil war.
Daughter Anna continued the mission of her mother. Since 1905 she campaigned for the recognition of Mother’s Day in the month of May but this had always been rejected. Finally, her proposition to declare every second Sunday of May a Mother’s Day was adopted and the International Mother’s Day shrine was installed in West Virginia in 1908.
She, however, lamented the commercialization of the Mother’s Day celebration, and stressed that the original intention of the celebration is on “sentiments” rather material things. Anna likewise emphasized “Mother’s” (meaning singular) for every mother.
You may be calling her “Nanay”, “Mamay”, “Mommy”, “Mama”, “Mamsie” or in her first name, whether your mother is biological or a surrogate one, remember her today. A kind word for her would mean a lot.
More than what money can buy, a gesture of gratitude or of respect from you could be your best gift to her. Do it now. Tomorrow may be too late. Although you may eulogize her when her final day comes she will not hear you anymore. Go, give her a big hug and tell her you love her.
Happy Mother’s Day. (delsocorrodaquila@gmail.com/PN)
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