Mothers day is a hard day for me, I have my lovely dc here and also two of my dc have died so it's really bittersweet.
I've been a single parent for many years as well, and have dc with varying needs, in remission from cancer as well so its been a tough few years.
My dc are mostly teens now, and one has a full time job in top of college, so this is the first year he's had grown up money.
They have done their usual lovely thing of making breakfast and coffee and putting on my favourite film, and buying me a funny cup. Then my very favourite thing where 2 of them (they have ASD) give me an actual hug. So my day was lovely as it always is.
Then I usually just take myself off to my room for 15 mins to think about my dc who aren't here and have a little cry.
Well ds had written a little note and left it on my bed, acknowledging that I'm still Mum to my dc who arent here, thanking me for everything I've done for all of them and has bought me tickets for something I really want to see 😭 I have the sweetest kids in the whole world.
Single parenting has been tough, but to have that acknowledged in such a lovely way now they are grown up is just amazing.