I have to admit that it's harder for me to write about my mother than it was about my father. I think of all her children, I was her least favourite. But it's not negativity we need here, so I'm going to try and post the good things about her...
Firstly, she had some great sayings:
'I'd rather be envied than pitied,' was her eternal favourite. She was the sort of woman who wouldn't even bring the milk in from the doorstep until she had put on her make up and done her hair.
Another favourite saying was 'I've got the name, now I'll have the game.' This usually meant that she found out people had been saying nasty things about her, and now she was going to live up to the reputation they had given her. Usually she made them wish they hadn't! 
She was good with animals, too. She would often say she preferred dogs to people, and I've seen her nurse all sorts of strays, even wild birds, back to health before releasing them into the wild. When one of our pets was ill, I've known her sleep downstairs on the floor beside it until it got better.
The above is not a great deal for someone who featured so large in my life. But it's positive, and that's good.
Now it's your turn to share (if you want to, of course!). I'd love to hear from you! 
