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say it with flowers on Mother’s Day

On Mother’s Day daffodils are often given to children to give to mums.
Today our little friends Daniel and Nathan, daffodils in hand, knocked at our door.
‘We’ve not seen you for a long time have we‘ I said apologetically.  ‘How are you?‘
‘Quite fine thanks‘ said nearly 4 year old Daniel before sticking out his foot for us to admire his Stompasaurus shoes.
‘Look at my new Star Wars lego t-shirt’ beamed 6 year old Nathan.
‘You can touch it, it’s bumpy. Oh, these are for you’.
Mission accomplished Nathan and Daniel turned to more serious matters of shoe comparisons and R2D2 role playing while we spoke with their dad.
The sentiment of what they’d actually done was very sweetly lost on them but the thoughtfulness of their parents will remain with me always (we miscarried our first baby last month after over a decade of trying to become pregnant).

Special thoughts today for mothers without children and children without mums.

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  • Angela De Souza
    April 3, 2011

    We included all the women who are trying to be mums and struggling in this area in the mum’s prayer today. They got flowers too along with all the other mums and were included in everything as we are beleiving with them in faith on this special day. Happy Mother’s day for all mum’s and mum’s waiting to be mums.
    xxx

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  • Angela De Souza
    April 3, 2011

    Oh, and I did a post for children withour mums on my blog today – seems we were thinking along the same lines 🙂
    http://kingsdaughters21.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-mothers-day.html

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  • Norm
    April 4, 2011

    Lovely – and thanks too to Angela. It’s a kind of strange day when you’d love to be on the receiving end of it all, but aren’t/can’t be.

    And Nic, don’t worry about posting the photo challenge pics too soon! I just did it early/in March because I knew that as soon as I got back from Myanmar I’d have hundreds of photos to sort out (I have), plus going back to a new term at school (chaotic as predicted!) so I wanted to get it out of the way. I might plan another one in 6 months or so…

    Kx

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  • Joanna @ Zeb Bakes
    April 4, 2011

    I am without a Mum and not a mum so thank you from me too! It becomes a day of Remembrance in my home, so I put flowers out on the table for my Mother and spend it quietly. How lovely to have children come to the door with flowers, a friend brought me some tulips on Saturday, all bright and chirpy.

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  • Reluctant Gardener
    April 4, 2011

    That’s a lovely story, Nic.
    Joanna, me too.
    My partner lost his Mum also last year so this was our first year with both Mums gone, and we decided that we could still have Mother’s Day, even tho we celebrated it by ringing up both our Dads (still alive) and inviting my Dad round for tea.

    http://www.mandysutter.com/reluctant-gardener-day-1/

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  • Janet/Plantaliscious
    April 4, 2011

    How lovely!

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  • anita
    April 4, 2011

    How lovely. Mothering Sunday (as my Mum INSISTS it’s called, frowning at us when we give her a card with the wrong wording, which we try not to do but sometimes it’s unavoidable ….) is a strange time in our household, as I’m sure in many others. Significant celebrations like this carry both joy and poignancy … thought of you lots on Sunday xxxx

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  • Nip it in the bud
    April 4, 2011

    Angela – thanks for sharing your thoughtful comments and links. What a joyous sound the choir create. Music is definitely soothing to the soul!

    Kate – bittersweet indeed. I’ll look forward to seeing pics from your travels. Nearly sorted my March Memories…

    Joanna – quite reflection for those we’ve lost is precious time spent. Glad you had some floral cheer too x

    Mandy – Dad’s are very important too especially when mum’s (they’re life partners afterall) are no longer with them. Lovely that your dad lives so close to you. I’m sorry to hear your partners loss is so recent x

    Janet – it was wasn’t it (the flower giving event not my telling of it!)

    Anita – I hear you lovely and felt those kindly heartfelt thoughts winging their way to me on the breeze (a little rainy here in Gloucester by the time they arrived but nothing could dent their cheer and loveliness – thank you :o)

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  • Choclette
    April 5, 2011

    A lovely piece Nic. I have a mother, but I am sadly not one, so it’s nice to think someone is thinking of us.

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  • Johanna GGG
    April 5, 2011

    that is so sweet – little gestures really make the world a better place

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  • Nip it in the bud
    April 5, 2011

    Choc – thank you and glad it resonated for you too

    Johanna – so true. Just as a straw can break a camels back the tiniest kindness can part the clouds and reveal the sunshine

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  • allotment visits now we are 3 - nipitinthebud.co.uk
    March 30, 2019

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  • a first Mother's Day without Mum - nipitinthebud.co.uk
    March 31, 2019

    […] My first Mother’s Day post back in 2011 shared a story about a kind gesture made by some neighbours.  They called by to give me a bunch of daffodils in silent acknowledgement of the sadness I’d be feeling on Mother’s Day,  having miscarried our first baby the month before.  I ended that post with ”special thoughts to Mother’s without children and children without Mother’s” and imagined the anguish of women all around the world reliving their pain at losing a child.  I could never have imagined then that a year later I would get to celebrate my first Mother’s Day (and with a trip to the allotment with my newborn son!) […]

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