Yesterday was technically my first ever Mothers Day :-) I'll admit, I had been a bit apprehensive in the weeks leading up to it- mainly cos of the media hype surrounding it and not wanting people to act awkwardly around me. I made up my mind that I wasn't going to be offended in any way if people didn't know what to say to me and that I would stand up and recieve the blessing for Mothers at church regardless of what people might think.
My family and freinds remembered to say 'Happy Mothers Day' to me which made it so much easier to bear; just being acknowledged. We had my mother-in-law and Granny out for morning tea which was lovely. My mum bought a bunch of colourful roses for me and got Granny to bring them down to me. My littlest sister made me a card from Juby which said "I love my Mum" on the front :-)
I caught up with some people at church who wanted to let me know that they had been thinking of me and wanted to see how I was getting on which I was really thankful for. On the way home from church, I finally got the courage to call in to see a man who I knew from my old work. He and his family live round the corner from us and I always drive past and think I should introduce myself to his wife- so I just bit the bullet and I'm glad I did. They have a 5 month old baby and I got to have a cuddle of him: the first baby I've cuddled since Jubilee. That was really special.
My husband gave me a nice big cuddle in the morning and cooked dinner for me. I think he was more sad then I was and that the day brought home many memories for him. I had my little sisters staying over whilst my mum was away at her cousins 50th birthday, so I took them home in the afternoon and had a cuppa with my dad and pampered myself by waxing my legs :-) Whilst I was there, I got a text from my husband saying that he was going to take one of the pink roses from the bunch I recieved from my Mum and place it on Jubilee's grave. He wanted to have some time to pray and reflect. He inists it was purely for himself but I really appreciated it all the same and asked him to take a photograph so I could keep it as a memory of my first Mothers Day.
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