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MOTHER KNOWS BEST

In honour of Mother’s Day this month, we asked moms to tell us about their favourite piece of advice from their own mother. What we got back was tremendously varied but with this common thread: all wise, and all said with much love.

My mother always told me, “Whatever you do, always make sure you can still face yourself in the mirror the next day.”

PAM KAMMIES, MOM TO DANNY (4) AND 18-MONTH-OLD TWINS AMAYA AND PHILIP

I would sum up the best things I’ve learnt from my mother as follows: firstly, from her prosaic advice: “Always wear a vest in winter. Don’t go

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