MOTHERING SUNDAY 2023:

I came across a photo of my mother from decades ago, and she was the same age as I am now….

It made me pause… It was a surprise…

She’s gone now, but somehow that thing we now have in common, brings us closer together again.

And I could also see our – differences compare us and say that she dressed ‘old’ and wore her hair old. Yet she wore a fashion reflective of the life and times she’d lived through.

By the time of the photo she’d lived through the 2nd world war; worked since the age of 14, moved to England (from Scotland), got married, lost her parents, lost a child, and bought 2 more to adulthood… And of course those few words convey less than an iota of a life long lived.

And I wonder at the choices she had, as it’s my turn now, to face 60…

We are 2 different women, connected by nature and nurture and as I see another decade in my life approach, it’s time to remember with love, her life and to look to my future with love, too.