Day 132

Grateful for every lace hanky mum gave me..........
Mother’s Day always makes me think about my mum even in her persistence that it is a commercial day and any/every day is mother’s day. I think through her verbal dismissal of it............it enhances the importance the random acknowledgement of how important our mums are in our life.

So today I am grateful for my mum though this is only 1 day out of 364 that I am grateful for having her in my life. To those friends who think it’s weird giving my mum a lace hanky well the story behind it.

My mum ever since I can remember gave myself and my sister a white hanky when we went out, 1st date, party; seeing a band always made sure we had that hanky. It actually became quite important to me as I became older dressing up for a ball.....the hanky for the purse. I'm sure it’s the same for my sister maybe mum got 1 hanky back but really she never saw them again.

So today my sister and I buy mum a lace hanky on mother’s day not cause it’s easy (not many people sell lace hankies these days). It’s because it symbolises how important having a mother figure in our life is. Actually how important my mum is ……………………. This is the person who cares about all the stuff and really when you see your mum’s hanky in your bag you do think. Thanks Mum xxo