Mothers Day

Its been a lovely day today, spent with lovely people. Started off with breakfast at my in-laws. We went there to give my mother-in-law her mothers day gifts, then she made us bacon rolls and gave me a bunch of flowers! I think things may have been a little mixed up there 😂 

After that we went to see our daughter and her boyfriend. She got me a lovely card and a beautiful candle warmer. She also made me a cup of tea. Now, that may not seem like a huge thing, but its been so long since she has done that and she makes the BEST tea! We stayed there for a couple of hours, chilling out, eating haribo and watching youtube. 

The final trip of the day was to pick y mum up and take her to the posh pub down the road to meet my sister and her husband for a meal. We had the works! I had beetroot carpaccio with goats cheese, then a roast with sliced sirloin beef and chocolate brownie with ice cream for dessert. It was delicious. After that we took mum home and sat chatting for a while before heading home. Topic of conversation? My brother. He hasn't been in touch with Mum since christmas and still didn't get in touch today. I am absolutely livid and it just validates the reasons why I went no contact with him. So selfish, my mum is heartbroken. She has asked me not to contact him about this, as much as I want to I am going to respect her wishes and leave it. She is 83 years old. She has been through so much over the last 20 years, a lot of which was caused by him, and he doesn't give a shit. Neither does his son, her grandson. We thought that when we lost dad things would change, that he would make more effort but its actually gotten worse. We have seen him once since the funeral in 2022. I could go on and on about it but its not worth my time. I have had a vey mixed relationship with him my whole life, my mum knows my feelings and, more importantly, understands and respects them. We will never get the same from him.