A Day for Mums

Mother's Day is simply too commercialised to me. But still, we we were part of that whirlwind of Mum's Day activities which has sucked in many Singaporeans - lavish gifts, dinners with hiked prices and sudden surge of ads everywhere - each proclaiming the most thoughtful of gifts for mum.

As a mum myself, the best gift on this day is simply the joy of a healthy, happy child - my little monster G! I think the best gift this Mother's Day was him stopping his crying routine in the mornings when I drop him off at school. For some reason the past couple of weeks, he managed to hold back tears, say goodbye to me and even manages a loud morning greeting to his teacher! My gift from Gideon : a lovely card he made in school and a Mother's Day song.

Anyways, we figured our Mum will feel left out if we didn't do something special - so we had one of her favourite buffets at Swissotel Merchant Court's Ellenborough Market Cafe.

Thanks Mum for all you've done for us! Now I know what matters as a mother - not lavish gifts; just the simple pleasures of being with family and knowing your children are happy :-)