"It’s that time of year again.The supermarkets are rammed with display stands of pink cards, cut price flowers, candles and mugs with messages of motherly appreciation on them.
My email inbox is full of brands proffering discount codes to take my mum to a spa or to buy her a bracelet. I lost my mum to cancer when I was seven and I have always found Mother’s Day activates spark such a lot of sadness and uncertainty in me.
I know for a lot of motherless people, it’s not just about navigating one day of the year without a mum, it’s every single day.
But the ubiquitous mention of mothers for the whole of March can intensify the grief. In truth, I don’t think constantly about the fact I don’t have a mum.
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