Today is My Mother's 96th Birthday
By @acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
Philippines
April 30, 2016 8:44am CST
Every April 30, we celebrate our mother's birthday though she departed five years ago.
I see to it that I post her favorite photo on facebook on this day and say something about it. We always say a prayer for the departed as my family members gather together for this special day. We love our mother so much, and we pay respects by bonding together and share some simple food.
How about you, do you also get together on such special days?
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
It is indeed so sad; more so if you had wished you had let them feel how you loved them, but it's too late.So sorry for you loss.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
30 Apr 16
@acelawrites They knew how much we loved them and all the respect that we gave them.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Yes we celebrated also our grandma and grandpa's birthday and visit their graves during that day and made simple celebration for it.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@acelawrites indeed it is.. it is also our way of having all the members of the family come together and meet.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
It is a way of showing how we love and cherish their memory. It's a nice tradition.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
30 Apr 16
@acelawrites We pay our respects to other family members, too.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
We do it too as long as our time permits. So in the morning, me and my husband visited her grave, lit a candle and put some flowers that I plucked from my garden. Had the chance visit the graves of my other departed siblings too.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
We do that as a way of keeping us closer though most of us are living far apart.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@acelawrites and happy birthday to your mom ;)
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
It is a common thing in our country, to commemorate the day for departed family members.
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@amitextramoney (59)
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30 Apr 16
Happy birthday to your mom. That is indeed very special thing you share.
I live at the university so we don't get to do get together
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Thanks,@amitextramoney, so you are still busy with your studies?
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@LdeL0318 (6400)
• Philippines
1 May 16
@acelawrites that's true. We like celebrations and we like eating together.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Yes, we are so close to our mothers; to our families and it is common to have such get-together events for family bonding.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Happy birthday to your mom.. well since it's about 5years now.then she lived her life til 91. Thats much a blessing.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Thanks, @jndlponti , yes, she could had lived more years, I guess, because she did not have any health-related problems; it just happened that she slipped on the pavement outside my sister's house and she suffered a broken pelvic bone. From that time on she was bedridden although she had some bone replacement operation.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
1 May 16
We all went to visit my mother at the nursing home last year for her 100th birthday, she is still alive.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
1 May 16
Oh your mother is such a strong woman. I miss my Mom when I hear about stories like that where mothers reach such age.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Nothing could be happier than to celebrate important events with the family.
@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
1 May 16
My mom finds it hard to do that, she will remember her brothers birthday, but we do not celebrate it . We do not celebrate anyone who had departed in our family.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
1 May 16
Well it depends on the family tradition. We just do it for some bonding moments and for those who wanted to be there for the get together thing.It is not compulsory for everyone to attend.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Very true, we like her to know how much we value her legacy. She raised us well.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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30 Apr 16
Rarely. I live far from my parents, same is true with my siblings. There are times that we are complete though.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Many of us are in that situation now due to work and other circumstances.
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@destimona (1910)
• Luxembourg, Luxembourg
30 Apr 16
Once a year we have a family get together
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
It could be a very happy occasion. Nice to know about it.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
I envy when I see people like that who have reached that age and yet they are still strong! It made me think of my mother too.
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