Mine is more the half way ground, we had our moments, and she struggled with depression when we were growing up, she still has her issues. I certainly don’t identify with calling her angelic, and tbh Mother’s Day I spend a long time choosing a card because most of them are so over the top it’s not true. In my own mothering I was scared I’d not be adequate, even now I try hard to apologise and admit my own shortcomings, something my own mother could never do, she saw/sees any admission of fault as criticism.

I think there’s a lot of nonsense talked on Facebook though, maybe some of those people posting had rose tinted spectacles on, I think a lot of Facebook is wanting to be seen a certain way and maybe ones own family would be a reflection of that so it makes sense to big them up publicly. I’m a cynic where social media is concerned.