Mothering Sunday

Did you know that Mothering Sunday is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday? For centuries it was custom for people to return home to their ‘mother’ church on Laetare Sunday – the middle of Lent. Those who did so were said to have gone ‘a-mothering’. The day often turned into a family reunion and a chance for children working away from home – often domestic servants - to spend time with their mothers. Mother's day actually refers to the  American version. In the US it falls on Sunday May 8th, ever since President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed it so in 1914.

Here is a collection of my cards that I got from my boys - one addressed to mam, from Luke who is in Northern England, one from Thomas, one from Murdoch (!) and one from Gavin to a wife (he is still feeling bad about not getting a card for Valentine's Day!) Adam's is still in the post, and hopefully he remembered to put a stamp on it!

Gavin, Thomas and I have had a lovely lunch out in the village and now a relaxing afternoon lies before us.