the gifted penguin blog

I have for the past few weeks sat at my computer thinking I really should update my blog and hunted around in the darkest dustiest corners of my brain for inspiration. What shall I write about, the Royal Wedding maybe?, the latest arrivals at the gifted penguin?, thoughts on the economic impact for small retailers over the past year? These are a few of the ideas I toyed with but none seemed the right thing. Advise from fellow bloggers and social media sights included just be your self, share who you are, talk about the things that interest you. I could tell you I am married with 5 children (3 from my first marriage & two step children), I love modern art, lattes, reading…..actually this is sounding a little too much like a personal ad! So I have run into a brickwall but have decided to just sit with my brickwall for a while and will either smash it down with a superb posting later or I could gradually dismantle my wall brick by brick over the coming days with snippets of thoughts and ideas. Anyway let me leave you for now with a few images.

Sunday 3rd April is when we as a nation say ‘thanks Mum’ and many a mum will receive burnt toast & cold cups of tea in bed. As a mum of adult children I miss those Mother Day treats in bed but do love the type of gifts I receive now. To be honest my favourite gift is either a book or a bunch of daffodils. In my opinion nothing says Mother’s Day more than a bunch of daffodils. I also, like many people, find Mother’s Day quite a sad day as my mother died quite young when I was in my early twenties and the day brings sadness as I reflect on all the time I never got to spend with her as an adult woman. I was just coming into adulthood when she died and our relationship was changing at this time and being a young mother at that time seemed to compound the grief as I looked at my children and realised not only would they never have her as a grandma who they could remember but also they too would one day be facing life without me. I don’t want to be maudling in this post but I just want to say don’t forget the daffodils or whatever it is that makes your mum smile but most of all don’t forget to give her a hug and tell her you love her. However complex our relationships are with our mother one day we will all miss them.