We may take them for granted sometimes but it’s fair to say that we’d be totally lost without our mammies.
When we’re younger, moving out seemed to be the ultimate goal but now that we’re all grown up, we jump at the first excuse to head home and spend some quality time catching up on the news and enjoying dinners that we didn’t have to cook ourselves. So with Mammies Day coming up on Sunday March 30th, we decided to take a minute to appreciate just some of the reasons that your mammy is a bit of a hero.
1) She makes sure you’re up to date with vital information
She may not know how to send an email or surf the Internet but there is no piece of important news that happens without your mammy knowing about it. Whether it is the death of neighbour’s cousin (twice removed), the identity of the man that the Mary the Postmistress is having an affair with or the outcome of the under-14 hurling final, she’s got you covered.
2) She makes the best comfort food
You can have all the Thai restaurants, Italian pizzerias and Michelin-starred grub you want but there is nothing quite as comforting as a good old Mammy Dinner. We may have moaned about having mince three times a week when we were stroppy teenagers but now we’re happy to drive for a two solid hours as long as there is a steaming hot Shepherd’s Pie at the end of it.
3) She has unending patience for your moaning
There is nobody, NOBODY, on this earth that has as much patience as your mother. Your other half’s eyes may start to glaze over once you mention Lorraine from the office but Mammy will happily listen to your entire rant, ask any necessary follow-up questions and take your side regardless of how wrong you were.
4) She gives solid advice on the fellas
She’ll act like butter wouldn’t melt now that she’s all settled down but back in the day, your mammy probably had every young lad in the village chasing after her. One of the best things about getting older is being able to chat to your mammy about all your boyfriend problems and her years of experience means that she’s got a sixth sense when it comes to telling the good ones from the bad.
5) She can do your laundry much better than you can
If we miss one thing about living at home, it’s going to the hot press to find a stack of neatly washed, dried, folded and amazingly scented clothes. Now, we always wait until we’ve got more dirty clothes than the Irish rugby team, run out of detergent, end up with faded pink underwear due to a stray red sock and use so much fabric conditioner that the smell of our clothes gives us a headache. It’s not fair!!!
6) She thinks you’re the best thing since sliced bread
Nobody will ever love you like your mammy. She’ll question your life decisions, drive you mad with her incessant phone calls and be the first one to tell you to cop on when you’re acting the eejit but the reality is that your mammy thinks you’re the best thing to ever happen to the world. When you’re not there, she’s telling everyone she knows all the amazing things you’ve done and when you do come home, she’ll give you a welcome that the Pope would be proud of.
Share a little love with your mammy in the run-up to Mother’s Day by spending some quality time over a cuppa and chat. Centra is doing their bit to spoil the mammies of Ireland with a great offer of a free Lindt Lindor chocolate bar with every tea/coffee sold on Friday 28th March. There’s one per customer while stocks last and full details are available at www.centra.ie.
