Mum really did know best

tickingbird

What a lovely thread this is.

It is a lovely thread, it's made me feel a little tearful though, not unusual for me. I too use Mum's kitchen items, knitting needles, sewing box, etc.

DanniRae - I wish I'd told my mum more often. I do know she knew she was loved but I think I could have been more obviously grateful!

When you are younger you often want to be independent and don't accept "help" easily.

Still in convalescent mode from a particularly bad bout of bronchitus, reading this thread did make me cry - still miss my Mum although she died back in the early 80's. She loved me totally unconditionally, - not that she always made the best decisions for me. Also my wonderful Dad, very much unappreciated by me when he was alive. True working class stock, he felt that a mans job was to 'provide a roof over the head and food on the table' for his family. Found it so difficult to be able to express his feelings. Died in 1991, still increasingly missed. Decades in advance of other he was a great believer in using plants, etc for remedies for illness. Modern research increasingly proving he was so correct in many of these.

I do wonder if my children will have the same happy memories of me in the future and am sad for them that they will not have that of their Dad (His fault).

What a lovely thread this is.

Oh NotSpaghetti now you've made me cry thinking about my mum and how much I loved her and miss her.

primrose - yesterday I had a little weepy moment with my husband about my own mum. This came over me all of a sudden. She was endlessly loving and giving and I'm afraid to say I wasn't always appreciative of her many kindnesses which sometimes felt like interference.

I had come across an old jumper she'd knitted for me when I was first pregnant in my early 20s. It's a beautiful soft grey-lilac colour which I like now but didn't really love then...
I have nevertheless worn it a lot over the years - I had 5 babies.

It makes me sad that she isn't here for me to thank and cherish as much as she deserves.

If I'm half as good a mum.as she was I'm doing OK... I'm pretty sure I've been twice as annoying!
Being a mother with a heart bursting with love (and doing it "right") is harder than you'd think.
Thank you mums everywhere, and mine in particular. ❤️

Difficult though my relationship with my Mother was I keep house in much the same way as she taught me.

Lovely messages about lovely Mums.
I have items that belonged to my wonderful Mum. I was so fortunate to have her , she taught me about the things in life that really matter. Still miss her wise words and her unending kindness.

I have never stopped doing the some of the things mum did.
We have only just started using fire lighters as it is so hard to get enough newspaper these days.
I still write shopping lists on old envelopes, I tear up old sheets and clothes for rags.
I love the idea of drying washing on the lavender.

My mother also used to mend plastic buckets using a hot poker from the coal range and patches from other old buckets. I will never ever do that, the fumes were something else.

My mum always put rice in the salt pot to keep it flowing and sugar cubes in the biscuit barrel to keep them crisp.

Lovely replies, thanks. Pascal30 I never saw anybody draping washing on bushes up our road so I thought Mum was a bit weird but obviously she knew more than me.

I wish we had thumbs up/down on here and I could thank you all individually.

Love this!

I have a tablespoon of my mum's .... it's worn away at an angle from all the stirring she did with it. I have just been using it and, once again, thought of her. She was very loving and I was so lucky to have her as my mum

I used todry clothes over lavender bushes when I lived in the south of France.. wonderful frangrance.. this book reminded me so much of my Mum too.. truly green

My mother used to refuse plastic bags for loose fruit and veg when they first came out. Always insisted on the old paper bags as environmentally friendly. Sooo embarrassing as a child to witness the interaction!

This is so lovely