I'm not normally keen on Mothering Sunday these days. I mean, I'm happy that it's a chance for other mothers, mums etc. to be spoilt, but my children are far away and there's no possibility of them spending the day with me.
One lives in a country where they observe the Hallmark (is that harsh?) Mothers' Day in May so his mother-in-law-to-be will getting all the fuss whereas my equivalent is all too easy to overlook. The other probably doesn't pass any card shops. My children usually have to be reminded by their dad and then I'll get a brief "Happy Mother's Day" message on Signal.
This year I asked The Husband not to remind them. My children are fully-grown adults and should be able to Google or Google-alternative (I use Duck Duck Go, since you ask) them if they care enough to remember that it's vaguely around this time of year. I think I asked too late as I was woken with a Signal message from one and then a lovely bunch of flowers from both of them. We had a video call in the evening, which was nice.
Anticipating an "empty" Mothering Sunday, I had arranged to do a Samaritans Duty in the afternoon when other mothers were enjoying their family lunch, I guessed, and I had a little weep in the shower.
But look what The Husband had prepared! Kedgeree - spices roasted and ground from scratch without eggs because I don't like eggs, and blueberry pancakes (I LOVE it, yum yum).
So as Mothering Sundays go, mine was more than acceptable, I'd say.
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