Mothers' Day

I understand it’s Mothers’ Day for Protestants in some parts of the world today. May all females (mothers and ‘yet-to-be’ mothers) please take a bow. You deserve to be recognized. I salute you all. Come to think of it, why do we have a separate Mothers’ Day for Catholics and a different one for Protestants? All this dichotomy and schism beats me. I am not advocating for religious irredentism but for those of us who believe in the existence of a Supreme Being, would it be such a bad idea to collaborate once in a while on those topics that are less divisive such as having one day worldwide to celebrate Mothers’ Day? Did I hear you query why we should celebrate mothers only on one day? Of course we acknowledge their roles in our lives daily with every breath we take but then have a ‘party’ in their honour one day globally. You are at liberty to hold a different opinion on this please.

I came out of Mass today pondering over the real reason why we work? Is it just for being able to provide for our various stakeholders (not shareholders please before you accuse me of being an unrepentant capitalist) or have we fallen into the deifying materialism that we now worship our jobs. We seem to covet our jobs so much that we literally go to creative lengths to keep our employment. I am not pontificating here, not at all. I am just wondering if our jobs have taken the place of God Almighty in our value architecture. Just thinking …

At last March break is over and the kids get back to school tomorrow. Papa is out at the Millbank Park hanging out with another of his friends – Jacob. Danju meanwhile has gone over to drop off a present for Sebastian whose birthday it was yesterday. Sampi is watching one of the many reality shows on television that teenage girls are enamoured with. Old ranger is punching away on the computer keyboards. Soon we would be back to the routine. The upside is that officially spring is here and with it an upbeat mood after the havoc wrecked on our psyche by old man winter. Let’s the fun begin ….