Mother's Day

[viv41]

Don't forget, if you celebrate it, it's an early Mother's Day this year, on Sunday, 6 March ...

[jourdain2]

I had a phone call at school, when I was teaching, as well Daisy Nonna. Mum had been recovering from a virus, as far as I knew. My sympathies. xx

[naomi24]

From Mazie, //Not for me...

Every day should be a day you think of and celebrate your Mum..And most of all tell her you love her //

I agree. Treasure her while you may.

[DaisyNonna]

hanks jourdain, mine to you

[gness]

Never had a real Mum so my problem's been finding a card that isn't to smoochy and hearing her say.....What do you want to be wasting your money on a card you silly girl.....
Yet I do it every flippin' year....

I do envy those with a lovely mum though....:-(

[DaisyNonna]

Short answer, laptop freezing

[237SJ]

Mazie - I'm not sure about getting drunk (tempting though) Will probably just do a roast like my Mum would have done x

[tonyav]

Miss mom every day, should have told her I loved her more often than I did.

[anneasquith]

Tony. I'm sure your mum knew you loved her. :-)

[tonyav]

I think she did, anne. But I think I should have told her I did more often.

[viv41]

I always tell my Mum I love her and spend as much time as I can with her and I also like Mother's Day and making an extra fuss of her. Used to like Father's Day too, but last year was Dad's last, sadly. Thanks for all you replies.

[atalanta]

No, it's not.
"Mother's day" is in the US and it's in June. The day we are to celebrate this weekend is Mothering Sunday.

[viv41]

That's me corrected! Still Mother's Day to me and many others too, even the Post Office who are using it in their franking ...

[gness]

Thank you, Viv......♥

[Cloverjo]

Some sad stories on here. Whether they're about terrible mums, or mums who have died, I'm almost in tears.
My mum died just over a year ago, and I hate seeing racks of cards in the shops. Like tonyav, I wish I'd told her I loved her.
By contrast, my son tells me he loves me every time I speak to him, but I don't think he'll notice it's Mothers' Day on Sunday. I'm not expecting a card, but it doesn't really matter anyway.

[Mamyalynne]

Well you don't need a card if you are told you are loved often , as luckily I am too ♥

[PankySmooch]

I don't get all the hype, your mother knows you love her without telling her

[Cloverjo]

That's true, Mamya. I feel very lucky to have had such a lovely mum, and a wonderful son.

[gness]

Hi, Clover...the cards don't bother me....and I don't mind Mothering Sunday....mine may remember or not depending on where they are and what they are doing.....but that will become a joke..and a tease from me....

When I became an adult and saw the relationships friends had with their mothers I realised what a bad Mum mine was.....and how mentally cruel she had been to me.....and I wanted to have done daft things like meet her for a chat and coffee in a garden centre......Lord knows why...she hated gardening!

Today I finally went through the photo albums I'd brought from her house when I cleared it......not one picture of me, not one.....my brother and sister, lots ....but not me and I had quite a pang then when I realised how little I had mattered to her....
Still.....'twas her loss.....I think I'd have been an okay daughter....☺

[Cloverjo]

I'm sorry, gness. That must have been tough to deal with.

[gness]

Well I know she didn't want me from before I was born......but then of course I had to come out with red hair......that did it!!! ☺☺☺