March 5 1978

mothers day

In the morning when we got up I went down to the basement and got Mummys pot plant and choclate gingers. I gave her the card that I got from Boots (See Feb 24). Bobby and I typed the silly programme on our cassette. Sometime after lunch we went to St. Nicholas Park . Super but no stuff cos winter. I watched ‘Return to Sula’ and ‘The Muppets’. Sula is about a boy who draws animals.

Mothering Sunday was later this year (March 26^th) and I’m sorry to report that both I and my husband forgot to send cards. My excuse was a bit better than his – my mother went to visit my brother in Spain at the start of that week and I’d forgotten her travel dates. But we both rang our mothers…