Word to ya mother

I'm no craft master but I managed to whip this up for Mum. Only the best effort for the very best of mothers! My Mum is an enigma wrapped in a riddle who still continues to amaze and baffle me. Only when you get a little bit older do you come to realise how spectacular the people closest to you are. Bessy defied a 1700 year old tradition to marry the man she loved.  She moved to the other side of the world knowing no one but him and set up an amazing life for herself.  She makes the best food I have ever tasted, loves ABBA and Lady Gaga and  is selfless in everything that she does.  Happy Mothers day Mum! xx

great grandma, moose & mum

my great grandmother, grandmother (moose), mother and me. x

My Mum, an early mother's day

I know I'm a little early for mother's day but behold the vision above! my mother! this is one of my favourite photos of her, the milk maid shirt, that teeny tiny waist, that perm and those adorable dimples ...

I'm ashamed to admit that as a naive child and arrogant adolescent, I perceived my mother to be reserved, somewhat enigmatic, as delicate as the carnation she holds in this photo and tended to treat her as such. but now, older, a little wiser, and closer to my mother than ever before, I see through what I mistook to be aloofness and have come to know the woman who was there all along, a woman of strength, courage, passion, unwavering love and support. a woman who worked ceaselessly to singlehandedly raise, protect and nuture her three children through incredibly difficult times. a woman who isn't afraid to be who she is and is unapologetic for it.

I am incredibly proud of my mum and love her more than words could say.