Gestures with style

The relationship we have with our mothers is probably the longest in our life, having begun even before we were born. Pauline D Loh pays tribute to all mothers with a wish-list bouquet.

She was the first person to see you slimy, naked and bawling, but she loved you nevertheless even though you'd caused her hours of excruciating pain just moments before.

She's the one who forgave you your first transgressions as you tested the boundaries of her patience with toddler antics or teenage angst and she probably quickly cuffed you right back into place and guided you firmly onto the straight and narrow with her usual common sense.