Happy Mother’s Day

[JtB]

A happy mother’s day to all mums on the forum and a big group hug for all those remembering with great love and affection their mothers departed.

 

[alicat]

And a big hug for those who never got to be mothers and those who are unable to remember their mothers with love and affection.

 

[winjim]

Mother, mother is a verb
Mother is a doing word

Shout out to all those doing the mothering, be they mothers or not.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Thanks for the heads up: It's different in Germany and I regularly get into trouble for missing it...

 

[classic33]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NRLn1nrvyNs

 

[postman]

Unknown to Mrs Postman but known to me and our Dan.Charlotte came down from Edinburgh she stayed at her mates house last night.When we walked out of church she calmly walked down the street,looking like any other student out on a Sunday.Mrs Postman was stunned to say the least gobsmacked silenced and yes a little tearful.It was brilliant.

 

[Blue Hills]

Thanks for the heads up: It's different in Germany and I regularly get into trouble for missing it...

and different in the states I think?

Must be an international conspiracy by an undercover group of guilt tripping mums (not mine for sure) .

Pretty sure that when I was a kid up north it was moire commonly known as mothering sunday which sounded odd - a call to "mother" folk/cripple them?

note - folks - i have no complexes about this - just intrigued by concepts/words.
good post though jtb - for thatnsk to the innovation of sunday trading gave folks who had forgotten a chance to pop out and grab a card/hand deliver if close enough.

 

[winjim]

and different in the states I think?

Must be an international conspiracy by an undercover group of guilt tripping mums (not mine for sure) .

Pretty sure that when I was a kid up north it was moire commonly known as mothering sunday which sounded odd - a call to "mother" folk/cripple them?

note - folks - i have no complexes about this - just intrigued by concepts/words.
good post though jtb - for thatnsk to the innovation of sunday trading gave folks who had forgotten a chance to pop out and grab a card/hand deliver if close enough.

It's a conspiracy by the greetings card manufacturers. Mothering Sunday is part of Lent and all to do with returning to the mother church.

Mothers day in the USA is a completely different thing and is a holiday recognised by the state.

 

[Elswick Cotterpin]

Oh God, Neil Reid, I remember him on Top of the pops!

 

[Katherine]

Interesting list of dates when Mothers are celebrated around the world.

https://www.clareflorist.co.uk/international-mothers-day.aspx

2019
Date Countries
10 Feb 2019 Norway
3 Mar 2019 Georgia
8 Mar 2019 Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Laos, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Uzbekistan (coincides with International Women's Day)
21 Mar 2019 Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, SudanSyria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
25 Mar 2019 Slovenia
31 Mar 2019 United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man (This is the 4th Sunday of Lent)
7 Apr 2019 Armenia
5 May 2019 Angola, Cape Verde, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Mozambique, Romania
8 May 2019 South Korea (Parent's Day)
10 May 2019 Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala
12 May 2019 Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Cuba, Curaasao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Pakistan, Papa New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sint Maarten, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzinia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganada, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
15 May 2019 Paraguay
19 May 2019 Kyrgyzstan
22 May 2019 Israel
26 May 2019 Poland (Dzień Matki)
26 May 2019 Algeria, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, France, Madagascar, Haiti, Mauritius, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sweden, Tunisia
27 May 2019 Bolivia
30 May 2019 Nicaragua
1 Jun 2019 Mongolia (Mother's & Children's Day)
8 Jun 2019 Luxembourg
1 Jul 2019 South Sudan
12 Aug 2019 Thailand (coincides with Queen's birthday)
15 Aug 2019 Costa Rica
15 Oct 2019 Malawi
14 Oct 2019 Belarus
20 Oct 2019 Argentina
3 Nov 2019 Timor Leste
9 Nov 2019 North Korea
24 Nov 2019 Russia
8 Dec 2019 Panama
22 Dec 2019 Indonesia - coincides with the 25th anniversary date of the 1928 Indonesian Women Congress

 

[Katherine]

 

[Sharky]

My Nephew posted this on his Instagram/facebook page:-

My Sister passed away 15 yrs ago, leaving two young boys