Oh, Ma!

Friday, as part of Missons Australia, I went to help out at Myer doing gift wrapping for Mother's day! It was soo fun seeing what everyone was getting their mum....I've concluded that all mothers have tired feet, because most of the gifts were something like woolly slippers, foot spa, and foot message cream....

Anyways, I want to dedicate some blog space here for 2 very special women in my life.

My mum - my sunshine in the rain, my oasis in the desert..and my best friend. She exudes unconditional love and infallible encouragement in my life and i will forever be unable to write down in words her worth to me. I find that the older i get, the closer I am to her. Maybe it is because I finally understand her now :)



My grandma was a woman of God. A fine example of someone who fully surrendered her life to God and took his teachings completely to heart. She died when I was around 10. Although she only learned to read when she was an adult and graduated from college at the age of 60, she showed those around her that no one is too old to learn and she lived to spread His words.

She was a mother who had endured a lot of hardships throughout all her life (raising 6 kids on her own without husband) even until the very end, but she never once doubted God. Instead, her godliness radiated through her in every self-less way. How do I know her so well? I have her letters and diaries where she wrote down her deepest thoughts! Sometimes I wonder if I could ever become someone like her.

Even though she has long passed away, she still continues to surprise us. Year after year we find out more about her, some through words of her close friends and some by accident. For example, last time, my auntie's mother in law was hospitalised in this hospital supported by some Christian organisations. We were all shocked when we saw at the back of her door, the name of my grandma, meaning she had donated the funds to build that particular room in the hospital. What touched me the most was that even though she had been living in near poverty throughout her life, and saving money whenever she could, she was so generous when it comes to helping those in greater needs than her. No one knew about her donations, I guess she wanted to keep that a secret. I wonder how many people are willing to give away something of great earthly value simply because of their faith in God? Also, sometimes due to pride and arrogance, it is so hard to do good deeds without boasting about them.

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." -Tenneva Jordan

To all the self-less mothers in the world, Happy Mother's Day.