Ann Breen said it so well in a song:
What a friend what a pal
Only now I can see
How you dreamed and you planned all for me
I never knew what a mother goes through
There's nothing that you didn't do
Pal of my cradle days
I've needed you always
Since I was a baby
Upon your knee
You sacrificed everything for me
I stole the gold from your hair
I put the silver threads there
I don't know anyway
I could ever repay
Pal of my cradle days
Dearest friend, latest pal
It was me who caused you
Every sorrow and heartache you knew
Your face so fair
I have wrinkled with care
I placed every line that is there
Pal of my cradle days
I've needed you always
Since I was a baby upon your knee
You sacrificed everything for me
I stole the gold from your hair
I put the silver threads there
I don't know anyway could ever repay
Pal of my cradle days.
The best Mum in the world 😥💔
Trudy
20th March 2022
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Sent by W. C. Littleproud & Son on 19/03/2022
I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are.
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.
Extract from a poem by Henry Scott Holland