I remember a vague line from the book “For One more Day” written by Mitch Albom which says that the author’s story start where her mother’s story start. But I tell you this without a father there isn’t a mother, without mother there isn’t father, without them there aren’t parents, without parents there is no life and without life you and me wouldn’t have a story either. Each of us has a story to share because we have our parents.
I will share with you my story! Nine months in her womb from embryo to a baby. First few years of our life is spent on sleeping, eating and shitting while our parents sing us lullaby, feeding and cleaning. Then few more years crawling, murmuring, walking and playing while our parents still feed, clean, hold us and teach us. “My child is growing” they say it with pride. Then few more years added and we are into school still playing and growing. Few more years and we are busy living our own life while our parents are still working and praying for us. Often times in the process of our GROWING we tend to take for granted our parents who fed us, taught us, brought us and gave us a life. I am child of this generation who also forget often on how grateful I should be every day to my parents (life-giver).
Today is just like any other day but often without a reminder we tend to forget celebrations which should happen every day. Today is considered “Mothers’ Day” in Bhutan coinciding with the descending day of Lord Buddha but I say today is “Parents’ Day”. This day gives me and the Bhutanese a day to offer sincere prayers and wishes of gratitude to our parents for all they have done to write our own story. I and my siblings were lucky to have mother of birth and mother of care, father of birth and father of care. I have two pairs of parents!
They will never ever be able to read my article but on this very day I offer my sincere prayers for your wellbeing. I thank you for giving me life, bringing me up, medicating me, showering your love and care, for all your sacrifices’ and support. If there is anything I could ask for in this life then it is my parents. If there is anything I could wish for me in my next life it would be my parents I will wish for.
31st October in the History of Bhutan is the Royal Wedding Anniversary of our Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck and the four Ashis. On this day I also take the privilege to wish our Majesties “HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY” and thank you for being a great parent to our nation and the people. On this very note may Bhutan be gifted with parents like you in all years to come. “HAPPY PARENTS’ DAY!”
P.S I was writing this article to share few words of gratitude to my parents on this special day but I got short of words to describe how grateful I am. I was stuck for quite some time to reach to the end of this article.
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