If, like me, you are fortunate enough to have your
Mum in your life you are indeed a lucky, lucky child.
My Mum is almost 97 years young and has been an
inspiration to me all of my life. She is
a strong, fiercely independent woman. A woman who went through WWII with her
husband in the army who enlisted on Valentine’s Day and was injured on
Christmas Eve 1942 making it necessary for her to travel to Oxford from our
small market town on the edge of the North York Moors. This journey would be difficult enough these
days on Christmas Eve…………………………can you begin to imagine what it was like in
wartime over 70 years ago? Only a strong
person could make that journey. She brought my two brothers and I up to know the difference between right and wrong, to care for others less fortunate than ourselves and most of all to TRY; try with our school work, to try with everything we undertook. If we tried, it wasn’t important if we then failed at least we had tried.
Most things in our house were handmade. Mum made the clothes we wore, the rugs under
our feet, the lampshades above us, the curtains covering the windows; if it was
possible to be handmade then it was. The
love she felt for her family was there for all to see.
Many of the children in the care of Children in
Distress have been abandoned by their Mothers. BUT in many cases it wasn’t
because their Mothers didn’t love them, it was because their Mothers DID love
them that they abandoned them. The
medication costs for a disabled or poorly child in Romania are beyond the reach
of many families so rather than let that child remain untreated and ultimately
die, their Mothers abandoned them into our care so they could receive the
treatment they needed.
If your Mum is in heaven and you are unable to send
her flowers on this Mothering Sunday, perhaps you would consider making a
donation to Children in Distress in honour of your Mum and therefore give hope
to other Mums who have entrusted us with the care of their children. Please go to our website www.childrenindistress.org and press
the donate button in honour of your Mum.
Thank you!
Treasure your Mum; she will love you like no other person.
