Happy Mother’s Day
What is Mother’s Day, one may ask?! Well certainly, in the civilized world, it’s nothing more than a day for more consumerism (flowers, dinners at a restaurant, possibly a gift). Is this all it means?!
To me, my first Mother’s Day was all about being loved and pampered. Michael wouldn’t know much of what went on, but his Dad certainly took the effort to make it a special first:
- a local philharmonic orchestra concert (more of an excuse to go on a date than anything! Our first theatre activity since Michael was born. It was just so nice to get dressed up and be emerged in the world of classical music!)
- an e-card from Michael (with some help from his Dad!)
- shopping without a list (those that know us well will know shopping without a list in this Lacy household is SOOOO forbidden. However this was my lucky day!)
- my favorite Sunday SCMP in bed (of course, it’s the magazine that I was going after!)
We didn’t have the typical flowers or dinner at a restaurant, but we as a family experienced firsthand a celebration of love, which was way better than I expected! A photo of us at a housewarming party just prior to Mother’s Day:
So, to all the Mothers in the world – especially Michael’s Grandmas (Nanna Jill and Poh Poh) and the two Great-Grandmas in Macau and England - we hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day too. Without you, Michael wouldn’t be here celebrating my first Mother’s Day!
Love from Hong Kong.
