Mother's Day

 We had our family Mother's Day lunch yesterday...

Sophie's mum came too

 

Marnie and me

Then Marnie, Tom and I went for a walk on Pig Island...

What Is a Mother?

It takes a mother's love to make a house a home - 

A place to be remembered no matter where we roam.

It takes a mother's patience to bring a child up right 

and her courage and her cheerfulness

to make a dark day bright.

It takes a mother's thoughtfulness 

to mend the heart's deep hurts

and her skills and her endurance

to mend little socks and shirts.

It takes a mother's kindness to forgive us when we err,

To sympathize in trouble,

and to bow her head in prayer.

It takes a mother's wisdom to recognize our needs

and to give us reassurance by

her loving words and deeds.

- Helen Steiner Rice