On New Zealand Mother's Day

Here in UpsideDownLand, most of the daddies I know get 2 Father's Days. New Zealand celebrates on a different day than the U.S. and somehow, every year, they get both.

Mother's Day, falls on the same day although since we are a day ahead, perhaps we should get Sunday as well as Monday. But I digress....

The other day, I was with the kids at one of their favourite/favorite spots; Chocolate Frog. Oberon announced that we should "get something for Tessa" I asked why and he said, looking at me like I was a moron, "for Mother's day". Well, duh. At the risk of embarrassing her greatly, I will say, she is like their second mother and also like my 4th sister.


I managed to steer the sprockets away from the rhinestone encrusted cat shaped door stopper and on to a more suitable gift. As I was leaving, I couldn't help but think of all the amazing moms/mums I have the great privilege to know. For most of us, we are each others families, each others support, each others shoulders to cry on, lean on, laugh on. We take each others kids with little notice. We cook for each other when it's needed and sometimes when it's not. We include each other in the highs and lows of motherhood. We listen to each other go on about Weta even though most of us are in the same boat and feel precisely the same way. We throw parties for each other. We drink coffee and cocktails together.


My children miss their grammies and aunties like mad but they have a circle of amazing mums here to look out for them, love them, feed them and keep them in line when it's needed.


I have roughly ten thousand photos of these wonderful women's children and roughly 6 of the mums themselves so I did the best I could with the visuals. Please know, this is just a sampling of the amazing women I am blessed and grateful to know.