In five seconds, can you answer this question “Which group of people, in this planet, is the most underpaid, yet overworked, voluntarily ? I bet, majority of you would not get the answer right, especially if you are my species. J
Instead of “tormenting” you, I will help you out on this one. The answer, are you ready?, is mothers, that is right. I think that mothers are people who tend to work extremely hard without caring their pays, not mention to be unnoticed, in many cases, unappreciated.
Sensing a brand new spring is about coming up, my mind starts rustling restlessly during my morning running. I thought it might be a worthwhile project to undertake: gather and combine our thoughts about motherhood together, then dedicate them as a special tribute to our mothers.
So here I am, invite you cordially to join me to write something from the bottom of your hearts to celebrate incoming Mother’s day 2012. Which is about three months from now. Therefore, I believe that you have enough time to get it done without giving me some “lame”excuses this time. The collections will be posted on May 12th as a very special gift to Moms and yourselves (if you are the lucky ones. J)
Below are the objective and requirements of the project.
The Purpose:
The primary goal of the Mother’s day project is to celebrate the finest human spirits – motherhood (your mothers, grandmas or yourself if you are a mother, or your wife if you are a man and married with children. ).
As we are aware, in our personal realms; no matter who you are, how old are you, which gender you falls into and how much you have accomplished to this day, motherhood has undeniably chiseled us in every conceivable ways since mothers protect, counsel and nourish us throughout our lives. That is why so many of us are able to render affection, braveness, commitment, endurance, faithfulness, honesty, love and sacrifices today. This project will provide us a distinguished opportunity to give our appreciation, gratitude, indebtedness and remembrance to the mothers at this mother’s day.
Requirements
1. Each author may submit one entry, which can be a personal essay, poem, song, vignette, diary or satire with the theme of motherhood. If you are mother yourself, you may write about yourself about how much you learned and cherished your own experiences after becoming a mother to your child.
2. Each entry can be written, preferably, in Chinese, or English, the length of your entry should between 300 words and 1200 words.
3. Each author may submit a photo or picture to go with her or his writing as an aid to enhance reading experiences
4. Each author may submit a song or favorite video clip to accompany the work. However, please keep it in mind, only one piece of music will be chosen for the final collections at the posting time.
5. The due day will be on May 7th; in cases there is an unforeseen event that requires an author’s urgent attention, therefore, a delay is require. The author should send me a request beforehand.
6. There will be no penalty for early submission; in fact, the earlier will be better.
7. Any modification or amendment to an author’s submission is subject to the deadline as well.
