Mother's Day?

Today is Indonesia’s Mother’s Day. An ex-colleague sent me this SMS:

Warning! This message is created only for the toughest worker of all time… but luckily you are one of them! Happy mother’s day to all multi risk, multi task and multi dimensional women I’ve ever known. May God, family and happiness always upon you :)

In the meantime, Kompas wrote that 22nd of December was actually selected to commemorate the struggle of Indonesian women in contributing to the Indonesian independence. They played their part through The Women Congress held on December 22-25, 1928 in Yogyakarta. However, during the new order era, the government has switched its meaning. They positioned Indonesian women as a domestic mother that doesn’t have their own traits, except as a supporter of their husband.

Personally, I have no interest in debating whether December 22nd should be celebrated as Indonesian women’s move in the political arena, or just an appreciation of their effort in putting together a healthy and happy family. I don’t really care whether it should be a mother’s day or women’s day.

To me, every woman is a very special person, because they have the sense, intuition, wisdom and strength to shape up a helpless, innocent human being to be a person that can excel in so many ways. They have so much love and care to give away. All they need to do is stretching their wings and reach out to the deepest part of a child’s – or person’s - heart and soul. A woman is, and should be, a strong, tough, independent person who stands on her own feet, while helping and supporting her loved ones.

I feel so lucky to be born a woman. Because a woman, is always a mother, even when they don’t have children of their own.