I know there are a few of us who did get some kind of recognition today but I thought I'd start a thread to say "Happy Mother's Day" to myself and to all those of you who pretend to be Mum all year round - yet who remain as invisible and underapprecited as every other shitty day of the year.
Well done and thank you for showing children that aren't yours as much love as you do your own even when they make it very difficult. Thank you for wiping noses, clearing up sick, buying new uniforms, washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning, providing shoulders to cry on, losing nights of sleep through worry, put plasters on cuts, playing hairdressers, accompanying SD's on evening runs when you're shattered, taxi driving, catering for groups of teenagers with 10 minutes notice, reminding their dad about parent's evening, homework, to realise when their children need extra support and generally enabling them to be a good Dad etc etc etc.....
Have a 
or two from me.
(Lovely lunch with DD though. Counts blessings 
)