Mother’s Day Celebration

By Nuoyan Wang on May 10, 2019

－DVBS Archive Team－

Written by: Bo Han Zhu (Class of 2020) + Nuoyan Wang (Class of 2021)

Media by: Gwynn Lim (12th) + Nuoyan Wang (10th) + Chee Hee Seng (12) + Zhidao Leeroybruce (11)

Video by: Nuoyan Wang (10th)

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“If there were a person who carries his father on his left shoulder and his mother on his right shoulder until his bones were ground to powder by their weight as they bore through to the marrow, and if that person were to circumambulate Mount Sumeru for a hundred thousand kalpas until the blood that flowed out covered his ankles, that person would still not have repaid the deep kindness of his parents.” – The Sutra on Filial Piety

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From the Northeastern seaboard to the Lost Coast, from the Himalayas to the Amazon, from the Equator to the Poles － all of humanity is celebrating Mother’s Day, which falls on May 12 in the year of 2019. Keeping with tradition, the Boys School celebrated Mother’s Day on Thursday, May 9 with a student lunch and orchestra performances, along with a speech by 5-6th Grade core teacher Ms. Moore and a rose-giving ceremony by the sophomores, juniors, and seniors. On this occasion, we had the chance to thank our school’s honorable mothers as representation of the all the mothers of humankind.

It cannot be stressed enough the gratitude we owe our mothers. Before we were even born, they bore the utmost physical pain of human life so that we could peacefully enter the world. From that time on, they’ve educated us and brought us up, taking the bitter so we would receive the sweet, and sacrificing themselves for our well-being. Thus, it is only appropriate that we dedicate a day of the year to commemorate their services－ Happy Mother’s Day.

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