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An alternative take on Mother’s Day


by Adrienne Action
16th Mar 2023

There are many fabulous mothers who will not receive the socially-acceptable (and expected) offerings this Mother’s Day. Some are single mothers, some are not. All are fabulous.

Sunday March 27th, Mother’s Day. This is when we are bombarded with the images of the acceptable purchases that are to be thrown, posted or handed to beloved mothers. Bunches of flowers the size of Range Rovers, boxes of chocolates the size of the kitchen table and even grander gestures a plenty. On social media there will be on display photographs of these tokens, the aforementioned flowers, ticket stub, flight times and hotel bookings, copies...

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