Mothers Day at Ban Tharn Namchai
13 Aug 2009 12:14 pm
Allyson Parker, British resident of Phuket, is a regular visitor at Ban Tharn Namchai. Yesterday was the birthday of Her Majesty, the Queen of Thailand, and is celebrated as Mother's Day throughout the country. Allyson sent this touching report of Mother's Day for the Ban Tharn Namchai children.
'Many ofyou have visited the home here and I think most of you have gone home feelingthat the children are happy and well cared for. They are. I often look at thechildren outside the home and think how lucky our children are. But what pricethat luck?
Today is mother’s day in Thailand, the Queens birthday. I’ve just come back from a ceremony at the school. Each child greets their mother and takes her to the front of the hall where flowers, love, hugs and blessings are exchanged. Our children had Gop, Jo a volunteer and me. No matter how much we love them, we aren’t their mothers.
As I held Nan and looked at her, it wasn’t our shared tears that struck me, but my own responsibility. Every single one of us who puts something into the lives of these children takes on a little of that responsibility. Easy when times are good and we are close. Not so easy when times are tough or we are far away.
To all of you who have taken on some ofthat responsibility and given and are still giving something to these children, I would just like to pass on some of the love and blessings which were so abundant today.'