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Date: 02 March 2008 18:54:35
There is one other thing that I would like to say about Mother's Day before I stop going on about it for this year. Despite having a cracking hangover I managed to drag myself to church and of course there was a whole load of stuff about mothers in the service, as well as a particularly funny puppet thing which always makes me laugh. But I knew I would find today's service very difficult because I am not a mum and I would desperately like to be. I was just lying in the bath thinking about this and how so often in church the times we celebrate certain people's roles exclude those people who do not have, and may never get, the opportunity to fulfill one of those roles. I can't ever remember there being a 'celebration' of singleness at church, possibly because most churches are totally family focused. I still class the fact that I am single and childless as the biggest failure of my life, and it is times like this that the feelings of sadness are most pronounced. I love my own Mum so much and the thought that I might never have someone to love me like that is devastating.