“I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.”
Antonio Villaraigosa
Thank you Spidey, for a beautiful quote that resonates with me profoundly.
Yes, it is Mother’s Day here in the UK, and a day to really celebrate our wonderful mothers.
Well, as I tell the kids at school too, we should appreciate them every day, but today is the day you can go all out and show them just how much you love them, not necessarily by material things, but by how you behave.
Breakfast in bed, giving her a break, not arguing (my kids, are you listening?), tidying up, a surprise cup of tea, a handmade card.
Seriously, these things are what make a Mother’s Day special for me at least.
My mum is just amazing. She has been a nurturer, a friend, a support, a discipliner, an inspiration, a teacher, a taxi driver, a cook, a housekeeper, a most amazing Nanny, and just all round wonderful Mum.
I don’t have the words to tell her exactly how much she means to me, but she knows.
We aren’t always able to be together for Mother’s Day, due to distance, but our hearts are forever connected.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mum!
If I am only half the mother you have been, I’ll be bloody excellent!
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. if you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs
Thank you for this quote Spidey.
I read this quote and though of a friend who has finally realised her dream, quit her job and taken the path of full time writer. I applaud her and her decision. She is finally doing what she wanted to.
And then I think of me.
I want to be a writer too.
But I want to be an educater.
And I am at a point where I am trying to live both dreams.
Positive things are happening in both. I can’t complain.
Maybe, just maybe, it is possible to live both dreams at once…
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” – Jim Morrison
Oh, I do love it, Spidey, when you give me something to think upon, something that is totally relevant to life right now!
Friends are the family you choose for yourself.
There are so many types of friendships; the acquaintances, the ‘specific times of your life’ friends, the work friends, the kids’ parents friends, and the real friends.
You do indeed get to a time in your life when you find that, though you can surround yourself with people on a daily basis, there are only a few people, possibly as many as you have fingers on your hand, that are your real friends.
All through school, I had plenty of mates, friends who knew what school was like and we could grumble together, fawn over music and crushes together, that sort of thing. But I don’t think I ever really forged a true, strong friendship with anyone. Because no one at my school saw the full, real me. They saw the quiet Indian girl who was a bit quirky and fun, but not the Ritu who was the loud one at home and in family functions. The Ritu who embraced her Eastern roots and culture as much as she loved her adopted Western roots too.
That Ritu, and the one you all know today, really found those friendships after starting university. There, I learned more about myself, and became more confident being me. And there is one person, the Buzz to my Woody, who carried me through a whole loads of ups and downs over the last nearly 30 years… My beautiful best friend.
She is a beautiful soul, inside and out ❤
We don’t live close. We speak less than we ought to, but we have a connection that is always open. She knows me better than almost anyone.
And, I feel blessed to have at least one other person who I feel like that about too.
You hear me talking about my special group of girls, my Tootie Frooties, here in my marital hometown. We try and meet up regularly, to have a catch-up, a chat, a drink and a laugh, and they are all so special to me.
But there is one who is another soul sister to me. Since we had children, well more since Lil Man was 4, we have connected, and she has been another one who I have been able to rely upon for support, laughs and general sisterhood.
My second soul sister ❤
Of course, I have so many blog friends who I count upon as true friends, those who I look forward to meeting yearly, and have personal contact with regularly, outside of blogland too! There are some of you who I have contacted for support as well as laughs, and I know some of you will email or message me for that same support, which I gladly give ❤
I count myself very lucky to have these folks in my life, and I want to thank each and every one of you for letting me be ‘me’ with you ❤
So… tell me, who do you count as your true, ‘be myself’ friends?
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