Archive for May 7th, 2009

Mama

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Yesterday I taught Class 310 the song “Mama,” sung by Il Divo, which I already taught the other two classes last week.  This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day, and I’d like them to express their thanks and love to their dear mom.   When I asked them to guess which sentence in the song touched me most, Derek (董德) said, “And I know you had dreams.”  Bingo!  Every time I came to this line, it brought a lump to my throat.  I told the students that our moms had their dreams too, but that in order to take care of the family, they sacrificed. (more…)