Re: [Goanet] Goan Mums and Dads/To Mercy & Roland
Selma, I am not against Rolands' idea of honoring Goan Mums and Dads. Considering the years of hard work, sacrifice and love that parents put in raising children, I don't think "one day" is enough to honor them. That's why I still think that small tokens of love and appreciation should be expressed throughout the year and not just on one day! Mercy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Mercy, In other words you are saying Roland can take his idea and put it where the sun doesn't shine :)) ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] Goan Mums and Dads/To Selma
> --- Mercy Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am grateful to my mum and dad for what they did > > for me. However, I think mums and dads all over > > the world should be honored and not on one day > > alone. When I was growing up in Bandra, Mumbai we > > did celebrate Mother's Day on July 26 and > > Father's Day on March 19. I am referring to > > our local church where we faithfully attended the > > Novena preceding the feast to pray for our > > parents. I think gratitude can be expressed in > > small ways throughout the year, not just > > on one day! > --- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Mercy, > > In other words you are saying Roland can take his > idea and put it where the sun doesn't shine :)) > > Now, Roland this may seem like a setback to your > well-intentioned notion, but believe me you will be > grateful in 10 years to come. Just think, how you > won't have to needlessly defend the fact that it was > your idea, even if say Mario then propagated it. You > won't be embroiled in producing facts and figures > pertaining to this idea, accused of trying to be a > glory hog, or anything of the sort. :)) > Mario observes: > Selma, Calm down, babe. I know you think you saw an opportunity here, but, if you re-read what Mercy said, and what I said and Roland before me, we are all on the same page, even though at first glance we may sound at odds. > Even Mercy acknowledged that they celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day in Bandra. > Where did either I or Roland suggest that appreciation for our parents must start and end and be restricted in any way? Of course we show them appreciation day in and day out in big and small ways, but doesn't that become part of the norm, when compared to one special day that is their's alone? > Does Independence Day mean that we forget about our independence the rest of the year? > ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] Goan Mums and Dads/To Mercy & Roland
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. Dear Mercy, In other words you are saying Roland can take his idea and put it where the sun doesn't shine :)) Now, Roland this may seem like a setback to your well-intentioned notion, but believe me you will be grateful in 10 years to come. Just think, how you won't have to needlessly defend the fact that it was your idea, even if say Mario then propagated it. You won't be embroiled in producing facts and figures pertaining to this idea, accused of trying to be a glory hog, or anything of the sort. :)) Most of all be grateful that Mercy wasn't involved in arranging all the meetings and functions that would follow in honour of this day, because apparently there would be a lot of novenas in the offing, I mean offering :)) Selma --- --- Mercy Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am grateful to my mum and dad for what they did > for me. However, I think > mums and dads all over the world should be honored > and not on one day alone. > When I was growing up in Bandra, Mumbai we did > celebrate Mother's Day on July > 26 and Father's Day on March 19. I am referring to > our local church where we > faithfully attended the Novena preceding the feast > to pray for our parents. > I think gratitude can be expressed in small ways > throughout the year, not just > on one day! > Mercy Fernandes > > ___ > Goanet mailing list > Goanet@lists.goanet.org > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] Goan Mums and Dads
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. I am grateful to my mum and dad for what they did for me. However, I think mums and dads all over the world should be honored and not on one day alone. When I was growing up in Bandra, Mumbai we did celebrate Mother's Day on July 26 and Father's Day on March 19. I am referring to our local church where we faithfully attended the Novena preceding the feast to pray for our parents. I think gratitude can be expressed in small ways throughout the year, not just on one day! Mercy Fernandes ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] Goan Mums and Dads
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While we honor Goa and Goans with World Goa Day, > could we find a way to honor our Goan Mums and Dads > in some collective way also? They will always > remain in our individual hearts but we must bring > our joy, gratitude and celebration out in the open > to tell them, wherevere they are that: > Mario adds: > I second and recommend Roland's heartfelt suggestion. > Living in the US, it has become our custom to show our appreciation for our parents in a special way, regardless of where they may reside, on the days set aside in the US just for this purpose, on Mother's Day and Father's Day. > ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] Goan Mums and Dads
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. While we honor Goa and Goans with World Goa Day, could we find a way to honor our Goan Mums and Dads in some collective way also? They will always remain in our individual hearts but we must bring our joy, gratitude and celebration out in the open to tell them, wherevere they are that: 1. We appreciate their hard work and monetary sacrifices to make us what we are. 2. We thank them for understanding that in the future of their children, education would play an important part. 3. We see how large problems in their marriages they would make small so that we would have two parents. 4. We benefit from the values of faith and morals, humility and helpfulness they demonstrated to us by example. 5. We forgive for the many physical punishments they made us endure not in anger, but in the belief that it would make us better. 6 We remember what it is to be a Goan because they were Goans before they were anything else. and simply because 7. They mostly lived more for us than for themselves. I don't care how we do it, nor who is credited for suggesting it. What matters to me as it should matter to all of us is that we should be able to do it. ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
