A Mother's Day Surprise!

I feel quite uncomfortable to tell but today is one of the happiest Mother's Days I have had so far! You know why I said so? Well... actually, my mom (my biological mother) has not been able to be with me since more than 5 years ago. I have been away from my family and out-stationed my country for the further studies and work. Of course, we still used to skype with webcam, chat and sometimes I call. We have never been out of contact.

Alright... this year, I am in a new environment again. I don't know many other people from this town apart from my team. I was thinking of what would be gonna happen and what I would do on this Mother's Day. Anyway, I could manage to chat with my mom and wished her "A Blessed Mother's day". She is still the very first person whom I said those words to for this year. After that, I got an idea and I sent an email with the below greeting card to my aunties. I was missing them, too.

I really thank God that throughout all these times while my mom was not around, I was being loved, cared and mentored by my god-mas and aunties. In all my ups and downs and in between, they were always by my side. They shared my tears which I hardly did with my mom.

Oh, I wanna tell something about God's another blessing to me. Now, I am having a life which I have longed for. I am staying with my director in the same building of where my office is. (She and I have the same circumstance that we are away from our dear ones, we come from different countries to serve the Lord here.) I know this is just for temporary according to the current situation but I value these times while I can and every single moment with her means a lot to me because I can treat her like a mother (though I don't let her know obviously. I don't wanna mix the work and our relationship, & ultimately I don't want others think I might take advantage on our closeness. I am so particular on this matter). Serving her, caring for her,... brings the real joy to me. And vise versa, caring back to me, guiding me spiritually, letting me behave like her daughter at our personnel time count, too.

So, I was quite excited to surprise her on this Mother's Day. Finally, I could get the things which she likes, wrapped with the packing paper, wrote a wish note on it and placed in front of her bedroom in the very early morning before she woke up. I was overjoyed when she came downstairs and said ' I love it & thank you' to me. I still was not satisfied with it and wanted to do something else for her. After having our breakfast, we went to attend the morning service as usual. In the afternoon, we went shopping. I could never imagine that I would enjoy following someone who does shopping for ladies' clothes and stuff. I was not a girly type and I preferred to go out with my big brothers for electronics. But, I do now! At that time, a flash popped out in my mind and I decided to cook chicken curry as a special dinner for her. At the end of the day, I just thanked God and reassured of my most favorite quote: There is more happiness in GIVING than in receiving!

Thank you...
I admire you so much and love you!