On My First Motherless Mother’s Day

I’m OK and not OK

Mum circa late 1960s

Well, here it is: my first mother’s day since mum died. I’m lost for words and yet I feel like I have lots to say.

Strange.

I had a few friends ask me the day before Mother’s Day how I was feeling about it. I thanked them for their thoughts and said ‘I’m OK’. But then I woke up crying.