Last month it was my mother’s birthday and so one of the gifts I gave her was something a little different from the kind of thing I would normally give her on such occasions.

Recently my mother has been working very long hours and has been complaining about feeling tired and exhausted with everything she does.

So I thought it would be nice for her to have some time off from all the routine things she does and to get away for a while – a sort of escape.

I arranged with my sister to organize a weekend away at a luxury spa hotel for our mother and her best friend.

We arranged for her to be picked up and driven there, where she spent the weekend with her friend relaxing and enjoying the spa facilities.