Mothers Day in the UK

Last Sunday was 'Mother's Day' or 'Mothering Sunday' as it is more traditionally known. This year my Mother's Day was particularly memorable, although not for the best of reasons. My youngest son came down with a tummy bug the day before, meaning that Mother's Day for me consisted of a poorly toddler, an irritable (and at times irritating) six year old and me and my husband at each others' throats for much of the day! The highlight (or rather low point) of the day was when I lifted my youngest son out of his highchair after his tea, only for him to projectile vomit all down my back, in my hair and everywhere! Even worse was not being able to properly wash my hair until ...  Read the complete review

As a lot of you will know I lost my mom on 2nd April last year so this has been my first Mother's Day without her and yes, it hurt. When I was younger I would always buy presents - of course - but mom and dad and my sister and her partner would all come round to my house for the day and I would cook for them all. All of our family have always been disgusted at the standard and price of flowers on Mother's Day (and Valentine's Day for that matter). It's a chance for most shops to sell flowers at inflated prices and when children are using their pocket money to buy them I think it's terrible. If you order a bouquet it's even worse. The ...  Read the complete review

I hope every Mum had a wonderful Mothers Day. That of course is Mums in England. We celebrate Mothers Day 4th Sunday in Lent but a lot of countries celebrate it the 2nd Sunday in May. If you have American friends they will celebrate it in May. I have mixed feelings about Mothers Day as I lost my Mum 6 years ago and Mothers Day meant my Mum even though at the time even I had children. This year though I could not have had a better Mothers Day. I have three adult children and we all went for a meal. But it wasnt just them and my husband. My youngest daughter has given me a Grand daughter so of course she is a Mum too. So we ...  Read the complete review

On Mothers Day I think we should all stop and have a little think about mothers in general, without whom, let's face it none of us would be here! Here is my essential guide to Mothers: 1) Mothers come in all shapes and sizes. Those of us who are not lucky enough to still have one would probably say appreciate the one you have and treat her well every day, but especially on Mothering Sunday. Mothers generally have a high patience setting, however this can be prone to malfunction when offspring (i.e small people produced by mothers) fail to do something they have been asked nicely to do about 10 times, like not hit their sister or to put their ...  Read the complete review

So, another mothers day. I lost my mum 17years ago next month and so am something of an observer to the general mayhem and flower buying frenzy. I was in both Tesco and Morrisons yesterday and was staggered by the amount both of flowers on sale and being purchased. It looked as though there was a large army camouflaging itself for an assault on an RHS flower show! There seemed to be an awful lot of stressed people who were simply going through the motions. A lot of (admitedly beautiful)flowers seemed to be rather more expensive than they normally are as well. Although I know why this happens it is hardly in the spirit of the occasion is it? I ...  Read the complete review