It's Mother's Day in Thailand!

The queen of Thailand will celebrate her 78th birthday on August 12. Because she's regarded as the mother of all Thai people, Thais celebrate Mother's day on this same day.

One of the activities launched jointly by several organizations to mark Mother’s Day is to take mothers to travel for pleasure. Thus August 12 and 13 were declared as holiday. The activity provides an opportunity for family members to spend time together, thus promoting the bonds of love and care for mothers.I wonder where would my hubby bring me-Samila Beach or Hatyai Muncicipal Park? I don't care where as long as we're together. In Thai society, a mother is accorded the highest significance as the giver of life and the person who nurtures and brings up family members. She is also someone who works for a living to help sustain the household and who teaches knowledge and skills until the children become self-supporting, all this without demanding anything in return.

All schools and other establishments will create a special shrine for the queen to honor her special day like the one made in our school. This shrine will be seen even 2 weeks before the queen's birthday:

The image of the queen is shaped just by using the japanese paper. It's so creative, won't you agree?

Each class offered special handcrafted flowers for the queen. This one with garlic bulb caught my attention. I never think that garlic could become an attractive decoration.

In our school, a special program will be hosted just to honor the moms this coming August 11. The students will bring their moms to school and showed their respect by offering jasmine garlands , personalized gifts, and bowing to their feet .

Yesterday in church, all mothers we're given special honor. Our family gave us beautiful roses and a jasmine plant were given to fathers to be taken care of. Its goal is to let them bloom with flowers for the mothers. What a sweet gesture!