Mother's Day

mood: waiting for tomorrow to come
music: Gigi Leung & 古巨基 - 许愿

It just struck me, 0ut of nowhere, that even though my mother, sister and I "live together", I have seen my mother a total of 4 days (2 in London and 2 in Singapore) over the period of 2 months and sat down to a proper meal with her 3 times. That's 3 meals out of a possible 180 meals if I have an average of 3 meals a day.

The amazing thing here is this: I'm not overly sad, distraught or anything negative like that. Truth of the matter is, over the past decade and more, I've gotten use to the absence of my mother due to her work commitments. No, I do not have a close bond with my father because of this. How do you miss someone who never played a role in your life? He's just a character who comes and goes fleetingly. The stronger bond and kinship still belongs to dear ol' mom.

What did bring this bout of reflection then? Mother's Day which falls on 8th of May this year (I think this means there'll be a Friday the 13th?) My sis and I already brought Mom out to a meal for her bday in Feb, so I was wondering if we two should do something else for a change... But what? Flowers are out of the question: my mom owns a flower boutique! I suppose this calls for another discussion with my sister over a session of mahjong to sort our ideas out.

Suggestions anyone? What will you be doing for Mother's Day this year?


p.s. I'll let you know if tomorrow works out tomorrow and why I'm waiting for it. *grin*