Take a bow Mamas of the World

I have so much to be grateful for in life. My health, my family, my friends, my job and so much more. Life has been good to me. Yes, I've worked hard to get to where I am today, but this was all built on a foundation, a foundation of unconditional Love.

My parents made sacrifices for my five sisters, two brothers and I over many years, always putting us before them in a way you can only truly appreciate and understand when you have children of your own.

1970s and 1980s Ireland when we were all born was not affluent and well to do and we were a one income family. My father was and still is a farmer and my Mother was and still is a house wife and a very proud housewife at that. They worked hard and tirelessly to put food on the table and clothes on our back. Imagine having 10 mouths to feed in a poor country, which Ireland certainly was at that time. They never complained and just got on with it and look back on those times fondly. They were simpler times, free of digital distractions and modern day vanity.

I sometimes wonder if modern women have been hoodwinked by society? There was a time when one income would pay the mortgage, the expenses and all life's requirements and one could afford to have one parent stay at home and raise the children.

In today's modern world, that is the exception to the rule and rather than women or men staying at home with their children to nurture them in body and mind, we outsource the task to daycare, creche and Montessoris the world over. Is that better or worse for the children of the world? I'll let you answer that for yourself. I know what I believe though.

I was lucky to have my Mum at home and this helped so much in my upbringing and she could instill her values in me daily. I worked hard after banking that love and went about building my own life and in the end I was blessed to find a wife who shared my wish to have one of us stay at home with the children and in the end my job paid far more, so it was my wife that stayed at home with the kids and continues to do so and so my three boys aged five, seven and ten get to bank that love too.

I work from home at least four days from five a week also, so I do breakfasts, school lunches and plenty of chores, so it is a joint effort too. As I say we are very lucky and hopefully we are giving our boys the best possible start in life.

As I grew older, I realised how privileged and lucky I was to have the home I had. I had and have a Mum who loves me unconditionally and would and has done anything for me. Not everyone is so lucky. Some lost their Mothers young. Others did not have a loving and caring relationship with their Mums. Some were born into single parent families where life was a struggle and their parents had no choice but to go out to work to make ends meet.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of the Moms, Mums, Mamas, Mothers and Mammies of the world for all that you do for us today, yesterday and tomorrow.

It warms my heart to see more women rising into positions of authority and I pray that their maternal instincts and love will help the World to steer onto a safer and better course for humanity. This little spinning pale blue dot of green and blue called planet Earth is all we have and it's fitting that we call her Mother Earth and I believe the leadership of women will help steer her towards safety. Let's listen to the Mamas of the world and do what's right, rather than what's profitable.

That my friends was a stream of consciousness from the heart and now back to the main point of this post, our Mamas.

Spoiling my boy's Mama

So what can you do to spoil your boys Mama? Well flowers is always a good start and this year I looked to my garden for help, as it has been 'Spring'ing to life these past few weeks.

So I grabbed a scissors and borrowed some beauty from the garden to share with my wife.

Ok, so that was the flowers sorted and of course we had the card complete with messages of love and thanks from our boys. What else could we do? Of course... Breakfast in bed, that's a yearly favourite, so out came the bacon and eggs, mushrooms and tomatoes and we set to work.

The boys were getting excited now, and the last thing to do was get the toast ready and a nice hot cup of tea.

Ok, we were ready to go now, breakfast ✅ flowers ✅ card ✅ huge hugs from her boys ✅

She was beaming when we woke her up to our lovely surprise and the rest of the day is hers now to do as she wants, most likely a nice long walk in the countryside and her favourite takeaway later on.

Above is a peak at what the boys wrote in the card, which was unprompted and they came up with themselves. Bless their little hearts 💕💕

Calling to see my own Mama

Later on today, I'll call over to see my own Mum. Usually I buy flowers and a card but this year it's a card and a night away in Ashford Castle for her and my Dad from all us kids, she really deserves it and I hope she likes the present.

My Mum is amazing. All Mammies are, but Irish Mammies in my opinion are on a whole new level and my Mum is one in ten Billion. The love, the advise, the sacrifice year in year out to give her children the best chance in life would melt the coldest of hearts and I can never thank her enough, other than to tell her how much I love her every time I see her, as I know how lucky we are to still have her, having seen lots of close friends lose parents in recent years.

So wherever you are, regardless of the relationship you have or had with your Mammy, go hug them literally, virtually or figuratively, they brought you into this world and nothing can ever change that.

Sending all my love to the Mammies of the world. Keep doing what ye are doing. You are amazing 💖💖💖

These photos are all my own

Thanks as always for stopping by everyone.

Peace Out