Happy Mother’s Day if you are from, or live in, the UK. My lovely literary lad made me this hand-painted book bag. Aww! Here’s my unboxing video, if you want to check it out.
I love my hand-made book bag. My son is very thoughtful. The shops are full of cut flowers and chocolates at the moment, all geared at Mother’s Day. I personally hate cut flowers. Why would I want something dead that takes a lot of work (getting a vase, changing the water, putting in the sachet of chemicals to keep them fresh, etc) and will turn mushy and brown within 5 days? Likewise, who needs junk food? Chocolates as a gift are so bland. They don’t require thought. Give me a hand-made gift any day over a generic, bland present. Same goes the other way: I never give flowers, chocolates or gift cards. I always give something individual and tailored when I choose a present.
Anyway, whew! That was a tad negative, was it not? I didn’t realise I could rant in writing, lol. At least I wasn’t doing it right in your ear, eh? It could’ve been a lot worse.
In actual fact, I had a lovely day. We all went for lunch, and then to see a nature art exhibit at the Ulster Museum. Afterwards, we read the messages left by viewers. My son pointed out that there were “too many S’s on ‘owls'” on one of the comments. Ah, how persnickety kids can be, lol.
Leilanie Stewart 