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Home-Start and The National Lottery want to know who you’d like to pay tribute to on Mother’s Day - £300 Love2Shop voucher prize draw! NOW CLOSED

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AngelieMumsnet · 13/03/2015 16:52

The National Lottery would like to know who you would like to pay tribute to on Mother's Day.

Working with the charity Home-Start, The National Lottery gave one incredible Mum the surprise of a life time to thank her for the difference she’s made to so many.

Watch the video below or click here to watch it.

So we want to ask you, is there someone special that you’d like to thank on Mother’s Day? It may, of course, be your own Mum, it could be an aunt or a neighbour. Whoever it is, we’d love to hear a bit about what made them so special to you Smile.

Everyone who adds their thoughts to this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck,
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CointreauVersial · 14/03/2015 18:27

My lovely step-mum.

I read all the step-parent threads on here and realise how lucky I am to have her. She is lovely, never tried to take the place of my mother (in fact, took the trouble to make friends with her, and generally smooth the path between my previously hostile parents). She is fair, she is generous, and she is extremely glamorous (despite the fact that she's now approaching 80). She taught me to cook (not DM's forte), she bought me fashionable clothes when I was an insecure teenager and she treated me as a grown up just when she needed to. I owe my great relationship with DDad to her.

spiroo · 14/03/2015 18:43

Thanks to my Mum, Nanny and all 'mothers' around me for helpful etc

MakeTeaNotWar · 14/03/2015 18:55

My Mum but also my MIL. I feel their love and support unconditionally. They adore the DC, that's a pretty amazing feeling

HelenSw4les · 14/03/2015 19:17

My gorgeous mum who I lost 9 months ago. She was a wonderful woman who inspired me in many ways and was always there to lend a helping hand and never expected anything in return.

lukkilu · 14/03/2015 19:19

My Mum is absolutely incredible. She might as well have brought me (& my 3 sisters) up on her own as she had to protect us from the wrath of my father most of the time. And now we are all grown up, and she has grandchildren, and even great grandchildren, she is still the most caring person I've ever met. She'd give her last penny to help anyone. Even though she works damn hard, across 3 jobs (yes she's a great grandma), she still manages to be there for us when we need her. Day or night, you need her, she's there! She has the biggest heart ever, she's one of those people that others take advantage of her kind-hearted nature. I wish I could show her how much she truly is appreciated!!!

Home-Start and The National Lottery want to know who you’d like to pay tribute to on Mother’s Day - £300 Love2Shop voucher prize draw! NOW CLOSED
milliemoon · 14/03/2015 19:19

My own mum, she's always there for me

EmNix · 14/03/2015 19:44

My mum. She is always there to help and support us no matter what.

supermariossister · 14/03/2015 19:58

my mum for all that she did for us and how hard she worked to keep us all in clothes and food. she was my best friend and I miss her so very much, also my nans who have truly been amazing helping us through and supporting us despite their own grief. There is not a day that goes by that I don't thank my stars I have to my grandparents.

ukbliss2012 · 14/03/2015 19:59

I'd love to thank my mum as she is the rock of my life and I'd be lost without her. She has and does support me so much each and every day and despite her illnesses she remains strong always. :L

SpaghettiMeatballs · 14/03/2015 21:00

My lovely friend. My mum isn't the greatest and my friend, who is 15 years older than me, has filled in the gap so many times.

She listens to me moan, looks after my DCs and loves them and she will do anything to help me out especially when my DH is working away. She looked after DD when DS was born last year. It made giving birth so easy knowing DD was happy and so well looked after for as long as I needed.

Loving reading all these tributes to mums. It gives me hope that my DCs might feel like that about me rather than how I feel about my mum.

Princessxo · 14/03/2015 21:09

My own mum. She never had an easy upbringing and considering her own mum wasn't ever there for her during her childhood, it's absolutely amazing that she's become a strong selfless woman who has always put her kids first.

SahraO · 14/03/2015 21:13

Would have to be my mum. I remember when she always used to do hard labour because she always wanted the best for us especially as she didn't have the best herself growing up.

FourAndDone · 14/03/2015 21:40

My friend who keeps me sane!! She has a son with SEN and is busy with appointments etc but always finds time for me.
She has just found out she is having twins so hoping I can give plenty of help and support back Smile

Lovewhereilive · 14/03/2015 21:54

My mum - easy choice

selloveday · 14/03/2015 22:43

It has to be my mum who has always been there for me through ups and downs.

samosh22 · 15/03/2015 01:00

My Mum she is the best

JoJoBaldwin · 15/03/2015 08:18

My nice Kosovan friend at the school gates who always turns up at my door in the morning to give DD a lift to school if it's raining. We live a 2 mile walk from school with no bus route and I have no car, so this simple act of kindness means so much!

samcornfield · 15/03/2015 08:22

My Mum. She is brilliant for putting up with us and is also a brilliant Grandma.

MaryWestmacott · 15/03/2015 08:29

My MIL - welcomed me into their family, is a support, is kind, if she judges, she does it discreetly enough that I've not noticed, and has an amazing relationship with the DCs (but never tries to buy their affections or undermine me/DH), and makes the most amazing lemon drizzle cake known to mankind.

Also my brother - for diluting my mum, for holding our extended family together and generally being the best of a bad lot.

Rcollins91 · 15/03/2015 09:06

I would like to say thank you to my mum she always has advice for me and whether I listen or not she always supports me.

devito92 · 15/03/2015 09:42

she's been looking after my poorly dad for the last 3 months and I think she feels forgotten. Not by me your the best mum in the world

fletcher992 · 15/03/2015 09:45

I'd like to thank my auntie- she was more of a mum to me than my own mum and has bought me up and giving me the best chance to succeed. I can go to her with any problems and know she'll be there

finleypop · 15/03/2015 09:49

I would love to pay tribute to my mum, for offering to look after our son so that we can get away for a few days for our Wedding anniversary. It's a big deal for her as she has terrible arthritis, so the extra work & having to contend with the stairs unlike in her bungalow will be a real pain for her. We never asked, it was her suggestion, she's a superstar!

She is hilarious, even without meaning to be, she is kind, generous & loving & most of all, she loves my son, just as much as I do!

prettybird · 15/03/2015 10:40

I'd pay tribute to my mum. She died nearly 3 years ago as a result of an accident that caused a head injury and subsequent dementia. We watched her disappear over thankfully not too many a few years.

Even though I know she lives on in me, in my love of knitting, embroidery, giving and receiving hospitality, an intolerance of poor English Wink, I still miss her every day. She had a smile that lights up the room and an ability to inspire warmth and enthusiasm in those around her.

madhairday · 15/03/2015 12:06

Today I'd like to thank my lovely Grandma who died of cancer when I was 13. We had a special bond, and she encouraged me so much to be all I could be. She was bonkers too and used to speed round the countryside in a little yellow Beetle and end up smashed through fences in the middle of random fields and helped everyone around her. I still miss her now, thirty years later. Flowers