For Mum, WITH LOVE
‘OUR WEDDING WAS ALMOST A DISASTER BUT MUM CAME TO THE RESCUE’
Tasnime Rotherham, 37, wanted to honour her mum Raziya, 70, but an unexpected mishap changed everything
After I lost my dad John to pancreatic cancer when I was 18, Mum assumed the role of both parents. So when I got engaged to my partner Neil, 43, on Christmas Day 2018, after 16 years together, I wanted her to play a central role.
‘I felt really special her sari’
I knew she’d make a brilliant mother-of-the-bride speech and I also asked if I could wear the sari she’d worn for her wedding to Dad in 1993. She’d carefully stored the delicate gold, white and red fabric since then and was touched by my request.
By early March 2020,
