Life Doesn't Come With A Manual, It Comes With A Mother

Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate everything that our moms mean to us, an occasion to express respect, honor, and love towards mothers. While it’s not the only occasion we honor our mothers and acknowledge the efforts of maternal bonds and the role of mothers in our society, it is one that lets the most important woman in our lives know just how greatly she is appreciated.

“Mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.”

- Marion C. Garretty

There is nothing that can come close to the love that a mother feels for her children. Women are inherently good mothers. Till birth women carry their young and then continue their love and affection throughout their childhood and even into adulthood. Every mother always makes sure that their children are safe and happy throughout their childhood. It is the love for their child that a mother feels that drives these feelings. No one can describe in words the feeling that a mother has towards her children. 

Our mothers deserve all the love for risking their life in childbirth, raising us through difficult times, and constantly guiding and loving us. For all these, we should give them our gratitude, our respect and our trust. We should listen to them and constantly help them in whatever way we can.

           Since we were little, our mothers have been our trusted confidants, best friends and support systems no matter how far away we’ve landed. That said, a mother’s love is a beautiful thing that can’t be captured in just one word. We learn from our own mother the lessons of courage, strength and hope. She who bears a divine role not only in our lives, but also in our society and in the world.

           So, as we celebrate Mother’s Day and not just this day, may we continue to care for them, love them and lift them up.

 

References:

Mother's Day 2022: Quotes and Images to make your mother feel special. IndiaToday.com. May 5, 2022

https://www.indiatoday.in/information/story/mother-s-day-2022-quotes-and-images-to-make-your-mother-feel-special-1945761-2022-05-05

6 Encouraging Prayers for Adult Children of Parents Suffering from Dementia. Lucey, Candice. Crosswalk.com. February 05, 2020

https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/prayers-for-adult-children-of-parents-suffering-from-dementia.html

Responding when Someone with Dementia Wants Her Mom or Dad. Heerema, Esther. Verywellhealth.com. August 28, 2021

https://www.verywellhealth.com/responding-to-dementia-patients-97630

Top 8 Qualities of a Mother. Sleepingshouldbeeasy.com. Feb 18, 2022

https://sleepingshouldbeeasy.com/qualities-of-a-good-mother/

Vigan’s Whimsical Arts Under One Colorful Event

The Viva Vigan Festival of Arts is celebrated during the first week of the month of May. It was started in 1993 by the Save Vigan Ancestral Homes Association, Inc. (SVAHAI) to promote awareness of the value of the historic town, which was hoped to strengthen resolve to preserve and protect this heritage site. For the past sixteen years, the festival of arts has been successful in drumming up attention for Vigan’s ancestral houses.

Binatbatan is the process of beating cotton pods to remove the seeds for Abel weaving. Which locals interpreted into an occupational dance with the use of two sticks called ”batbat”. Binabatan street dance is one of the main attractions during the week-long celebrations.

The Feast of Apo Sto. Cristo Milagroso is celebrated with a mass at the Simbaan a Basiit on May 3rd. This is a very important religious holiday in Vigan because the Apo is claimed to have saved the city on numerous occasions. Visitors are also encouraged to fit in the calesa parade, ramada or traditional games, comedia or stage drama, Santa Cruzan parade, abel fashion show and house decoration, singing contests and beauty pageants, and other exciting events like the Amazing Heritage Race into their six-day Viva Vigan experience. They can also take part in religious ceremonies or attend exhibits, horticultural shows, and commerce and food festivals.

However, the pandemic became a big challenge for us to celebrate Binatbatan Festival of Arts. Despite having this obstacle, I observed that the spirit of this festival still became strong. In which, it didn’t make this obstacle rule over it. In short, amid the pandemic, the spirit of this festival still went up, rose up, and strove up.

Reference:

The pictures are from the Facebook page of Vigan City - 'Vigan City PH'. May 08, 2022.

https://www.facebook.com/vigancityph/posts/pfbid02bX71nhHarrmANwA5PZ1pKkZ3WMCpcMaDU5tRxNx6884ssVWgGkSHkPCAArzkVJuTl