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Mary McKnight's avatar

I am a fan of good people, and you are one of those good people. I'm also an "every week therapy" gal. Love my Therapy Thursdays. (This is jumping around so much!) I just want people to be good to each other, holiday or not. And as Jonah put it so well in his handwritten note, "You always forgive me." This day (today), my daughter is graduating from college. The sun is supposed to shine. The college is live streaming it, so my parents will be able to watch it, and I will just soak in the love I feel for my daughter. That is a good day. Holly, as always, you have put everything so well and from the heart.

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Great post, Holly - thought-provoking, inspiring and mouthwatering in equal measure!

Mothering Sunday always falls three Sundays before Easter, and that's our Mothers' Day here in UK. Our family has never called it Mother's Day, and I struggle more every year to find a card with the greeting 'Happy Mothering Sunday'!

Mothering Sunday was always the one day of the year when Dad would have breakfast in bed - all the other days of the year it was Mum's turn for the treat! Eccentric, yes, but we rather liked our strange ritual! We've never actually celebrated Father's Day - I'm afraid we labelled that 'just a Hallmark holiday' when it first became a 'thing' over here. Dad knows we love him all year round.

I remember being out for a walk one Mothering Sunday, and a smiley little lad - probably about six - who was out with his family shouted out to me as he passed: 'HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!' I was absolutely delighted. I'm not a mother, nor will I become one. But I was so thrilled that he shared that love for his mum - and that joy - with me, just in that moment. 🌸

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