Mother's Day at the Children's Home
26 Aug 2009 11:56 am
August the 12th is a public holiday here in Thailand. It is a day of celebrations for the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. As her Majesty is known as the Mother of the Nation the day is also celebrated as Mother's Day.
Up at the Father Ray Children’s Home the children are living without their natural mothers, but there is a large team of ladies who work at the Home and who are dedicated in the work they do. The children call these ladies, ‘Maer’, the Thai word for mother. For these wonderful ladies the children presented garlands and gifts, thanking them for taking care of them throughout the year and working hard to ensure that the children are well cared for. The boys got dressed in their best school uniforms to read out their stories about the women taking care of them, which left many in tears.
Miss Pom, the Home’s manager, was first up to talk to the children, telling them that whatever had happened to them before coming to live at the Home they were now loved and she continued to tell them how very proud she was of all the children.