Unbeknown to me the English celebrate Mother's Day today. It was something that I was not prepared for and put me in a strange place. I remember my own Mom who passed on 3 years ago. Has it been so long? She would have been so proud of me being here and studying in the UK as for her 'nothing better than education'. I recall my own children in Jamaica and how I miss them terribly and pray for them every day. With all those thoughts it must have been God who sent a stranger to me in the middle of Harlsden on this sunday morning. While waiting at the cash machine to do a transaction this older gentleman just walked right up to me and enquired whether I was a mother. When I answered in the affirmative he offered me a flower and said 'Happy Mother's Day' and went on his way. It was an unexpected gesture that brought such joy. I am thankful to him and to God, for these little things remind me of how blessed I am. Chivalry is certainly not dead... at least not on Mother's day in England.
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