Sucked in Hallmark and Interflora. I managed to have a perfectly nice
Mother's Day without an investment from my nearest and dearest in either
of your products. Truth is we know that Mother's Day survives in a
large part because there is a commercial imperative for it to do so. If your mother does not know you love her without a card and
flowers once a year there's something going terribly wrong. BUT, and
it's a big but, there is nothing wrong with pausing every now and then
to spend time with the people nearest and dearest to us and celebrate
the fact that they are our nearest and dearest. And let's face it, there
is no bigger, tougher more exhausting but rewarding job than motherhood
and it comes with no manual and no pay cheque. Today's celebration
brought together my mum, three of her kids and their spouses and five
grand kids for the sort of crazy you'd expect from such a gathering:
Connor fell out of a tree when a branch broke, the dog next door escaped
and had everyone running around after it, I may or may not have stepped
in dog poo that sort of thing. Just another day not in the office. In
between there was not only a feast to befit the four mothers in the
room but also a birthday cake to mark the fact that Connor, the baby of
the clan, turns 10 tomorrow. Fortunately for all concerned we don't get
to sing for Mother's Day because the rendition of Happy Birthday was
truly awful. Perhaps the need to sing can go the way of the cards and
flowers. In the case of our family there are MUCH better ways to say "I
Love You".
Happy Mother's Day your crazy gathering looks like as much fun as ever. I love the outdoor lifestyle you enjoy over there. Cool moves over that fence! Thank you for sharing on Country Kids.
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