What are you doing on Mothers Day?

I am now the older generation. So neither mother nor MiL to remember, other than in prayerr, so this Sunday I will be doing much as I do on any Sunday, cook a nice lunch, have a proper pud, rather than just fruit and spend the afternoon sewing.

Neither of my two children live near enough to visit, but they will both send cards, and I will be seeing both for long weekends in the next few weeks.

And that will suit me just fine. Christmas apart, I am just not much of a ritual celebrator, so neither are DC. My DC show how much they love me in so many other little thoughtful ways that I am unbothered, actually quite relieved, not to be receiving overpriced flowers or knick knackery that will quietly end up at a charity shop in a year or so's time.

No mother or MiL. DD is taking me to Homebuilding Show at NEC ?

Going to a collector's fare.

I hope my daughters and daughter in law are spoilt rotten - they are the hard working mums in this family.

Like MOnica, I'm the older generation now and cards have arrived and been saved, small presents will turn up and I am pleased with that.

M0nica’s last two paragraphs echo what I’ll be doing more or less exactly. (Not the first paragraph because I don’t do either praying or sewing!) I expect my sons will ring me and send cards, but I have told them I don’t expect or want presents.

My mum died when I was 14 so I usually have a quiet half hour with a cup of tea and wonder what she’d be like now at 83 ( my dad is still alive).

I’m in Spain so my daughter and I had a posh afternoon tea two weeks ago and talked about my mother and how much we’ve all missed out on by her early passing.

My husband and I have booked the 3 course Sunday lunch & cava for €15 at our local bar so will honour the day anyway.

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No DM or DMil around any more. Going to DD's on Sunday, have no idea what she has planned. Will not see DS as he is working in London, but his partner and my DGDs are joining us.

DD has invited us over on Sunday. My son is coming over around 1pm, it will be just him and youngest DGD as his wife is working, and elder DGD is working also (washing up in a pub!)

Mum is also invited and my Brother, SIL and Niece, so will be a lovely family get together.

We are definitely not ritual people either. I remember trying to book a family meal one Sunday in March - it was Nana's birthday - and couldn't understand why everywhere was fully booked. We ended up at a very posh place where the ladies were given flowers and chocolates!
I doubt I'll be taken there again.

I think we can get too hung up on “Mothers Day” which I will still call Mothering Sunday.
My daughters are all now mothers and I think the focus has moved. I am in fact babysitting overnight for one so that she can take her DH out as a surprise as he is very low, his own mother has Alzheimer’s and it is hitting him hard. On Sunday we shall all do something involving lunch together plus the “new” mother , other SIL and my 14 day old DGS.
I am being taken out to lunch by eldest DD on our new invention Mothering Monday - because you can’t be everywhere at once
However, as a sort of reverse Mothers Day gift I have bought one each of these in their name to show my appreciation of them as wonderful mothers (as well as daughters) themselves.

I will be visiting the cemetery first of all to take flowers to my mum, then on to my daughters for lunch.

Till I read this I hadn’t thought about me! Been helping the DGChildren sort their little presents for their mums as both my girls are now single parents. On Sunday I will just cook dinner as usual then have a restful afternoon with time to think about my Mum who died 38 years ago. Expect my youngest daughter who lives locally will pop in.

Maw that gift is a lovely idea.

My DS is taking his wife and two children out to lunch and spoiling them.
We are going down to stay with DD and SiL until Sunday when we will come back and have lunch with friends from the golf club.
I will go and see my Mum on Monday as I cannot be in two places at once and the decision to go to London was last minute. I have a card and a cardigan for her but she will neither know me or what day it is.

I don't know and I don't care.

We are going to the Florimania Exhibition at Hampton Court Palace

We shall go to Church. DH is doing the AV system, then on to lunch at DD. She has invited her MIL, so we can have a good catch up. Our GD will be there with her husband and our GGS. Our GS will also be visiting from London and we will hear all about his new job.
I have promised to take a fruit crumble as one of the puds.
My own dear Mum's ashes were scattered in our garden, nearly 30 years ago, so will talk to her before we go out.
I am the older generation now, so a mum, gran and great gran. Oh my, can I really be that ancient?

We shall go to Church. DH is doing the AV system, then on to lunch at DD. She has invited her MIL, so we can have a good catch up. Our GD will be there with her husband and our GGS. Our GS will also be visiting from London and we will hear all about his new job.
I have promised to take a fruit crumble as one of the puds.
My own dear Mum's ashes were scattered in our garden, nearly 30 years ago, so will talk to her before we go out.
I am the older generation now, so a mum, gran and great gran. Oh my, can I really be that ancient?

Sorry about the double post, fat fingers this morning

Breakfast in bed (thank you Mr C) followed by a walk by the sea in my favourite location. I’ll think of my Mum and Ma in law with love and sadness for their loss. The younger ones are busy with their own families, the grandchildren rightly focused on their Mums.

I dont like gifts much either as we have enough things already. If I'm going to get a gift, I prefer it to be useable, but I'm really not bothered.

Left to myself Id probably be spending the afternoon sewing or being creative in another way. We will go to church in the morning too, it will be much like any other day as we visit MiL every sunday anyway. I prefer to make it all about her as I dont have little kids anymore.

Well this is going to be a rather odd mothers day for me as my boys are away to Wembley to see their team play. Also my mother died on tuesdaynaftera long battle with Alzheimer's so a very lonely poignant day for me. I will busy myself with house chores and my garden and radio but it will be hard her funeral is thursady her wedding anniversary. Bless you all enjoy it whatever you are doing.

Another mum, nan and great nanna here. In other words a dinosaur !
There's usually a card within this next day or two from D in Oz, along with flowers courtesy of Ocado ( M&S ).
Daughter here will be working but will pop in at some point.
Nothing can ever be arranged because of her job but I'm not that bothered as my eating times are hit and miss and not to time which becomes of pleasing myself over the years. I only eat when hungry and not just because it's lunchtime/dinnertime.

Son in law is cooking roast lamb and suggested to DD2 she invite us and my father as he would be on his own otherwise as mum died last March, a few days shy of MD. This therefore will be the second one without that lovely lady. We all miss her very much. She was a wise old bird with a great sense of humour.
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