Good Morning Mothering Sunday

Oh, I'd forgotten! Happy Mothering Sunday! . Another bright, sunny, cold, blustery morning. Our days of late have started well but then clouded over by lunchtime with heavy showers in the afternoons. Thunder and hail yesterday.

(We bought the boat we tried yesterday. Now comes the second thoughts!)

It's actually next week! March 30th.

It's cold here in the Thames Valley, we will wrap up and go for a good walk, followed by coffee and homemade cake - yummy.

Morning all by the way.

Ooh I got a fright because am meant to be somewhere else if it's Mother's Day, but it's not till next Sunday, phew.

Morning! here in S W London, streaming through the window.

That put me in a panic - I knew I was due to make coffee at church on Mothering Sunday and thought I'd missed it; supposed to be making cake.
Happy day to you all anyway. Enjoy your walk NanK and don't have second thoughts about the boat Nfk just savour every moment.

Good morning all, thank goodness I am not the only one who gets things wrong occasionally! It is a beautiful morning here again, although I think the wind might be chilly. Off to play the last game of short mat bowls this p.m, so light lunch instead of the Sunday roast. Enjoy your days everyone.

Morning all
Had me doubting myself too We have booked lunch out for Mothering Sunday.
Bright chilly morning here in N. Kent. Got the heating back on

The mistake isn't so surprising, given the very late date of Easter this year. But don't get me into the mysteries of the Church calendar! A very March morning here - breezy and chilly, occasionally bright.

Goodness, that panicked me too. Good morning ...

Nfk Congratulations on the boat! I hope you have very many happy hours on it

When you no longer have a mother yourself it's very easy to lose track. A bit like school holidays when you no longer have schoolchildren. Weather wise here, on the Isle of Wight, it's a mixed bag, bright sunshine, torrential rain for fifteen minutes, then back to sunshine again. I guess someone went out who has a personal rain cloud. It seems I'm not the only one!

It's so good to hear 'Mothering Sunday' mentioned rather than the commercial 'Mother's Day'. My Mum would only acknowledge the Sunday version and woe betide me if I didn't send a card with Mothering Sunday written upon it.

It is next week according to the "what to feed mum on" guide that came in the Co-op brochure. I have checked this and I thought it was the 30th March, as the date came up when it was considered stopping at a pub for lunch at next weeks Geology trip. That's not on as all the pubs will be heaving with happy families!

Anno, it's really quite simple. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. Mothering Sunday, or Leatare Sunday (so called after the opening words of the Introit of the day - Laetare Jerusalem et conventum facite omnes - Rejoice O Jerusalem and come together ....) falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent. A movable feast.

Now who could possibly get confused by that?

Laetare

These movable "feasts" Eid, Hannuka, Passover, Diwali and Easter all seem mess with our calendars. I wonder how that all originated.

Nellie it's because it's related to the Lunar Calendar, which has 13 months, rather than the Gregorian, which has 12. The first full moon after the Spring Equinox is not a fixed date.
That's why Chinese New Year is a different date (to us ) each year.

Gosh, I am so glad that the date was wrong - couldn't imagine that all my lot had forgotten!

It would be worse Nellie if we still followed the Julian calendar. We could be celebrating Easter in August or November. And what would Cadbury's do then?

My daughter got it even further wrong and gave me dinner last week!

AllieO There is nothing for it but for you to demand a proper "Mother's Day" meal next week!

I think that 2 Mothers Days are a good idea! Can't call it Mothering Sunday, because I never have done.

Nellie there's a good idea!

I no longer have a mother so wasn't panicking at least. DD1 usually forgets, DD2 is away on holiday and DS is hopefully coming over next week to help move our boat so I don't think a Mothering Sunday lunch is on the cards then either!