Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

There are cards on the mantelpiece, pretty toiletries and flowers on the table and chocolates… well, some are still left in the box but you can’t expect miracles where chocolate is concerned. Yesterday was Mother’s Day in the UK.

Ani card from Nick

After dropping my friend at the station, it was down to one son’s home then on to the other. As both invited me to an impromptu lunch, I didn’t get lunch at all…which gave me the perfect excuse for chocolate. What I did get was smiles and laughter from my granddaughter, who decided that as she can stand on her feet now, she might as well try the other way up too. She also discovered the fun of blowing raspberries. I had nothing to do with that, of course…

 She looks a lot like me as a child, though with her own distinct personality and flickers of…