06/05/2026
💙🧡💙 A BIG SHOUT‑OUT TO THE HEART OF FERGIE’S HOPE 💙🧡💙
Every market day, people see the towels, the plants, the bears, the gift packs, the pouches… but what they don’t always see is the woman behind the scenes who makes so much of it possible.
Mum has done it again — 51 incredible crocheted towels, snapped up almost as fast as she could lay them out. That’s another win in our friendly rivalry (plants: 0, Mum’s towels: undefeated).
But her magic doesn’t stop there. Mum also made:
🍴 most of our cutlery pouches
🧸 many of the adorable Fergie Bears
🎁 beautifully packaged up our gift packs
🐁 squishy little hearts and mice
🔖 applied stickers and tags
🌏 and about a thousand other little things that keep our stall running smoothly
And then there’s the biggest job of all ... putting up with me and my wild, exhausting, “I’ve had an idea!” moments. She rolls her eyes, sighs deeply, and then somehow helps so that we can pull it off anyway.
The truth is simple:
Fergie’s Hope wouldn’t exist without this machine of a Mum. Her devotion to Dad, and her commitment to supporting the MND and ME Foundation who helped our family when we needed it most, is the heartbeat of everything we do.
So here’s to Mum ... the maker, the doer, the quiet hero, the towel‑crocheting champion, and the soul of our little mission.
I love you, Mum. And I'm so very grateful for you. Happy Mother's Day too 💜💜💜
