On Mother’s Day 2020 , I’ve been reflecting on other traditions and activities that have changed for me during 2020 and the Year of COVID-19. I’ve also realised that whilst I love the comfort of Traditions in my life, the most important things are the love and happiness of family and friends, each day and not on just one particular day. Mother’s Day 2020 It is a different kind of Mother’s Day in 2020. Usually, it has been a tradition…
It is Mother’s Day and many Mothers are being served breakfast in bed whilst many others around Australia, are up early with joggers on and preparing for the Annual Mother’s Day Classic. Each year my daughter, Rachel and I run in this event. It…
The Mother’s Day Classic walk or run for breast cancer research was established in 1998 and the total funds raised for research by the National Breast Cancer Foundation since 1998 is $30.4 million . What started as a small walk in the park is…
Mother’s Day is the one day when most Mums will hopefully be able to sleep in and perhaps be spoilt and appreciated by her children with breakfast in bed. As my children are adults and my daughter is also a Mum, breakfast in…
In my previous post The Best thing about being a grandmother, I shared my thoughts on the subject and how much joy and love I have found experiencing life through my grandson’s eyes. As Mother’s Day is in May, I asked several grandmothers…
This month I’m writing about Making May Your Month of Happiness and what could bring more happiness to our lives than our grandchildren? The best thing about being a grandmother apart from just having grandchildren is the joy they bring to our lives.…
For the last few months I have been to be writing articles for ‘The Seeing Me Project’ a great initiative set up by Millers Fashion. Millers is a leading Australian fashion retailer and the aim of ‘The Seeing Me Project’ is to…
Another Mother’s Day and the age old question of ‘what do we buy for Mum?’ Retailers, are bombarding us with catalogues of gift ideas and children (& Dads) are trying to work out what to buy. It is another stressful time filled with commercialism,…
With this year’s Mother’s Day approaching, I thought I would write a letter to my Mum and dedicate this post to her. So much has happened in the last 29 years since I saw her. Some things she would be happy about and…