This Glamazon…my mamma, celebrated her 80th birthday just the other day…

In true fashion, she did it by paying homage to her father, and in the same gesture he would’ve, shouted a round of drinks to the locals in the square, in his birthplace, the village of Varos on her beloved island of Lemnos.

Those who’ve met mum, know of her big heartedness, they know of the table always being full and overflowing when you sit down to eat…they know how much she fusses over you, to be certain you’re comfortable and content…and they know of the warmth they experience the minute they enter her home and the loving embrace that greets them, like a welcome invitation from an old friend…

This pic was taken a little over a year and a half ago, in one of my favourite corners in Lemnos, a remote beach, stretched out far, with an impossible road to lead you there…

Basking in the orange glow of a Mediterranean sunset, capturing this moment was a treasure to be shared. Her contentment at being in the place that fills her heart, that she shows off with pride, and knowing just days after this was taken, her excitement at sharing this part of the world, that lights her up, with the most fabulous group of women taking part in our very first Creative Immersion Retreat. An experience that would result in treasured friendships, celebrations, a night of dancing and mum once again spoiling us with an overflowing table of food, and a happiness that we’d all come to remember for life..

To a treasured women we love, Happy Birthday…x