The build up to mother’s day is always sad for me as I lost my Mum two days before mother’s day 1976 when I was 21, I did not get the chance to say goodbye, to tell her how very much I loved her and to say sorry for being the most selfish daughter on the planet, I never had the chance to grow up and spoil her as I would have now. my father died when I was 12 leaving Mum with three children, a tiny pension, unable to drive and living in a village with no prospect of work.
My Mum was the gentlest person I have ever known, even when she did get cross she was gentle with it, when dad died she was not ready for life on her own, she had to move into a town, take a job and try and keep us three and I for one did not make that easy. I took everything she did for granted, as I got older I never listened to her and I always thought I knew better, how wrong I was, if she had been alive today I would have been getting ready to spend the day just showing how much I loved her, cooking for her, taking out for a drive in the country just giving her my time.
The other-side of Mother’s day is the fact that I celebrate the fact that I have truly known the joy of motherhood having being given an amazing daughter who does all the things for me that I wish I had done, she arranges surprise treats for me, she is always thoughtful, when I am down she knows it and is always there for me and I have watched her become an incredible mother herself.
For everyone who still has there Mum’s do spoil them on Sunday, tell them you love them just let them know, it does not have to be huge bunches of flowers and boxes of chocolates or cards, it just needs to be a special hug or a phone call take the opportunity while you can and have a lovely Sunday. The picture is me and my Mum two months after losing Dad in 1968 mum and I where living with my Aunt before going back to our home in the village.
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