11th of May - Mother's Day (An excerpts from a post originally featured on my Running blog … ) ….The wind blew very softly and I smelled a familiar scent that never fails to make me emotional. Ylang-ylang! The ylang-ylang flower is my late mother's favorite flower. She loves flowers but she loves the ylang-ylang scent the most. I remember when I was young and she was sick I always pick ylang-ylang flowers from somewhere to bring home to her. My heart smiles every time I see her smile while looking and smelling the ylang-ylang. But all those times that I was bringing her ylang-ylang, she was always scolding me sweetly because she knew that it’s not easy to get those flowers. The ylang-ylang flower bears from a tree unlike the ordinary plant-bearing flowers. It also grows in the wilderness. Back in the province I found an ylang-ylang tree in a distant farm from our neighborhood planted near the river side. Every time I have the chance I go to this place, climb th
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