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Helen (Snowys Mum) You are certainly NO wimp! My goodness hun you made it out to the evening, I would of struggled to do that! Anything past 7pm and i’ve got no chance! So well done you. I’m sure your cousin appreciated you making the effort! Xxx

Optimistic I hope you are having a lovely time. It’s great to see you enjoying yourself again! Well done you xxxx

Well it’s time to say goodnight although I am sure I will still be awake when the clocks go forward!! Don’t forget to change your clocks!! Xxxxxx

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You work 12 hour shifts Snowys Mum, no wimp!! Xxx

I am sitting up in bed eating porridge,trying to get my chemo brain to work out when to take chemo tablets 12 hourly with the clocks changing , I can’t believe my brain has got so mushy !!   Woken up to fog , but hope it will clear so I can cut the grass , this desperately needs doing !  Fog in my brain and fog outside ! Best wishes for today x

Morning everyone, hope you all managed some sleep. Happy Mother’s Day to all you mums, and enjoy your day xxx

Morning all, I would just like to say.........

To all you amazing ladies who are lucky enough to be Mums. I hope you have a wonderful day.  I hope your Sond and Daughters show you how much you mean to them! 

Sending.........

To all of you who find today a difficult day. Whether it’s because you were never able to have children or your mum isn’t around anymore to celebrate today.

Sending special Angel Kisses to all the mums who are no longer with us but that will never be forgotten!

Love and Hugs to all My Fruit Loops! Xxxxxx

....yes 12-hour shifts are NOT for wimps...I remember almost literally crawling back from mine ,unable to walk through tiredness...sometimes I watch the footballers and think...wonder if they could keep it up!!xxand then you are doing twice as much cos you were in charge as well.....Xxx

LondonLass you have such a knack for saying the right thing, it’s a rare talent. I’v always felt lucky to have had the chance to be a mum, never took it for granted, and appreciate seeing my kids grow up (they’re in their 20s) all the more because I lost my mum at 19, so she missed our adult lives and never met her grandchildren. Thank you for your lovely words. HFxx

Loving the nurse stories ladies.they made me think about my time as a young staff nurse on a long stay/rehab  geriatric ward  as it was called in those days.once on nights,a lady had passed away peacefully and I had to call her relatives in during the night.they had been by her side almost constantly and were a lovely family. I made the lady ready for them to come in.hair brushed dentures in etc.they went into the side ward and suddenly we heard laughing.not what we’d expected to hear!the daughters came out giggling and crying st the same time.the dentures I had put in weren’t hers!in our rush to put the poorly lady in a side ward we hadn’t swapped her bedside cabinet with the lady’s who we had moved into the main ward. I was mortified and couldn’t apologise enough but they said mum would have thought it hilarious to have had a last laugh and that they had been nervous going in to say goodbye but the teeth mix-up had made it easier. I’ve never forgotten that night and will always remember that lovely family who could have got me into trouble but instead turned a stupid mistake by me into something positive 

My mum worked nights at the hospital where I did my training and despite my family  living only a few miles away I stayed in the nurses accommodation. We students often popped down to my mum’s ward to see if she’d brought any goodies.dad worked at Mr Kiplings so there was always lots of cake samples or ‘rejects’ to be had.also mum was on a ward full of mostly young men so my friends we’re always keen to visit my mum.once I had some friends visit me at the home on a tandem bicycle so we decided a ride down the long corridors to mum’s ward was a good idea.we took turns giggling all the way until a nursing officer(like a matron) caught us and I got into trouble.mum was not impressed!