Mother's Day again

So it's rolled around again.....the day of flowers, chocolates and no housework. In Kieron's world it means daffodils clutched in a sweaty hand brought home from school or occasionally a potted primrose. A present bought at school for a pound that's usually borrowed from Jade and a box of chocolates bought with pocket money and again any shortfall made up by Jade.

My chocolates....Kieron eats half of them. A few years ago, a friend and I went on a spa day. To be totally honest, after a few hours I got fidgety. I'm not used to sitting around and doing nothing but wander from one treatment to the next. But the spa idea caught on with Kieron and he often offers to give me a spa. Translated, this means a foot rub as when he asked me what I did at the spa, I had to explain what a pedicure was. Whether I'm sitting on the settee or sunbathing in the garden, I'm generally guaranteed a foot rub.

Kieron is very tactile. Every day involves loads of cuddles and frequent touches when we pass each other. Kieron likes to make physical contact and some of our most precious moments are on non-school days, when a knock on the wall connecting our bedrooms tells him I'm awake and he runs in for a cuddle. Often, Kieron dozes off again, leaving me with a squashed left arm around his shoulders and little boy legs thrown over me.

So, as last year, I knocked on the wall and waited. And waited. And cried.