M is for Mum

Happy New Year and 2011 to all you lovely peeps.

I have a funny relationship to January 1, the first day of the year because it also happens to be my mum's birthday.

So for me it's firstly about celebrating her, and secondly about it being the first day of the year.

It's no secret how I feel about my mum, but I'll say again, she is a truly special and remarkable woman that i'm lucky enough to call Mum. Someone who has always believed in me, stuck up for me, got me through hard times, whose always there for me, who encourages me , excepts me for who I am, and of course loves me and makes me feel loved. Someone who is also my friend, a person I trust, respect, enjoy and can easily spend time with.

I feel so lucky and grateful to call this woman my mother as I know there are people who don't have such a relationship with their mothers.

I feel also emmensly grateful she is still here too.

And I love it that her bday is on the first day of the year, because for me, it's a wonderful way to start the new year.

I truly hope that 2011 is a wonderful year for each and everyone one of you.

ANd thank you for the friendships, the listening, reading, the laughs and travelling along with me this past year.

xo