I was just laying in bed thinking that I must get a card for my step-mother for next weekend (Mothering Sunday) when the realisation hit me that for the first time, I am actually a mother on Mother's Day! I don't expect the bear will think of this by himself, so I feel a little hint might be in order to ensure I get a card 'from' James.
Meanwhile there are shocking reports of a large increase in the number of babies being born with birth defects in Iraq, with questions being asked over whether certain weaponary used by the U.S are to blame. The footage on the BBC this evening left me feeling hollow, while one BBC reporter stated that there was one little girl with spinal deformities so awful that he asked the cameraman not to film her. My heart goes out to all the mothers in Iraq and those who are pregnant and petrified of how their baby might be developing. If it turns out that we - the allies in the so-called fight on terror - have had anything to do with causing these birth defects, it will be a scandal of epic proportions. But how do we, the people, object? How to voice our disgust over this? How can we ensure that those responsible are punished? There seems to be little or no recourse. The voices of the plebians are not heard, even when millions are joined together.
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