It's 9 Years
9 years ago around this time of the year, a young woman was happily preparing her mother's 50th birthday which falls in July. She went around booking the venue putting a lot of thought into the people she was going to invite for the birthday. Majority of the people she was going to invite were people with a heart of gold always working hard for others, so much so that they don't give much time for leisure for themselves. They belong to a Buddhist organisation called Soka Gakkai International of NZ. So she wanted this birthday to be a function not only to celebrate her mother's birthday but so that these people can have a really fun time for themselves too. The young woman put in a lot of thoughts and efforts into preparing the event. The mother's 50th birthday was on 23 July 2005.
The day before the birthday 22 July, this young woman has to make a visit to the doctor, because of having some bad headaches in the last couple of weeks. Sadly she was dignosed with a brain tumour, the size of a golf ball. This piece of news would have hit both she and her mother so cancelling the birthday party would be understood by all those who said they will attend. However, this young woman who also has a huge heart of gold turned to her mother and said, "No mum, let's have the birthday party, I want all the SGI people to really have a time for themselves and enjoy. They only work hard for others, I want this to be for them too." So on 23 July, the party went on. Nobody knew of that piece of sad news. Everyone danced and had a feast.
After that evening, the battle began. This young woman mustered her courage to conquer the disease which was later confirmed to be a deadly cancerous tumour. For nearly a year, she stood up strong and put on a smile each day for her mother, until she went into a coma in May the following year. A month later, on 10 June 2006, she passed away peacefully in the arms of her mother. Well known and loved by many, this young woman is Yvonne Tan.
It's been 9 years since Yvonne passed away and her mother's 60th birthday is approaching. Her mother will sometimes sit by the window, knowing that if Yvonne was around, she would be doing the same, preparing for her birthday. So for her mother's 60th birthday, instead of wanting a big party, the mother calls for all SGINZ people to put in a little prayer everyday for Yvonne from now till 10 June 2015 just to say to her, "Yvonne, we remember you and pray for your abundance good fortune wherever you are."
10 June 2015 - Happy SGI Womans Day.
Thank you.
Jessica
The day before the birthday 22 July, this young woman has to make a visit to the doctor, because of having some bad headaches in the last couple of weeks. Sadly she was dignosed with a brain tumour, the size of a golf ball. This piece of news would have hit both she and her mother so cancelling the birthday party would be understood by all those who said they will attend. However, this young woman who also has a huge heart of gold turned to her mother and said, "No mum, let's have the birthday party, I want all the SGI people to really have a time for themselves and enjoy. They only work hard for others, I want this to be for them too." So on 23 July, the party went on. Nobody knew of that piece of sad news. Everyone danced and had a feast.
After that evening, the battle began. This young woman mustered her courage to conquer the disease which was later confirmed to be a deadly cancerous tumour. For nearly a year, she stood up strong and put on a smile each day for her mother, until she went into a coma in May the following year. A month later, on 10 June 2006, she passed away peacefully in the arms of her mother. Well known and loved by many, this young woman is Yvonne Tan.
It's been 9 years since Yvonne passed away and her mother's 60th birthday is approaching. Her mother will sometimes sit by the window, knowing that if Yvonne was around, she would be doing the same, preparing for her birthday. So for her mother's 60th birthday, instead of wanting a big party, the mother calls for all SGINZ people to put in a little prayer everyday for Yvonne from now till 10 June 2015 just to say to her, "Yvonne, we remember you and pray for your abundance good fortune wherever you are."
10 June 2015 - Happy SGI Womans Day.
Thank you.
Jessica
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