"Mum was extremely generous and would constantly beg us, despite our protestations, to let her know if we needed anyth…"

"The student who doesn't want to learn has come again. We sent her away, but she refused to go."

"It’s so long, but not goodbye."

"My earliest memories of mum were of me being a very clingy child and never wanting to leave her side. This usually re…"

"Growing up with mum was, well, rather interesting. We did so many house chores we could not but wonder why, given tha…"

"If mum asked you to clean her bathroom, you were best advised to go over it with a fine toothcomb. Her eagle eyes wou…"

"Mum was a disciplinarian though not in the physical sense – as to the latter at best she might use her slippers, but …"

"My mother was strong-willed, but calm and patient. And I, well, I was just plain old stubborn and impatient to boot. …"

"My parents encouraged us to read, read, read. Books, Encyclopaedia, comics, magazines, you name it. We got our love o…"

"Without consciously realising it my mum was my first female role model. Seeing her just get out there and doing it me…"