Jealousy is a curse, turkeys are just big chickens … what Guardian readers learned from their mums

Ahead of Mother's Day, readers share the best piece of life advice they got from their mums

My mum used to tell me that the best way to make friends was to find a hobby. She said it's the easiest and simplest way to find people who will become lifelong friends - and she was right. Two weeks before lockdown in 2020, I joined a CrossFit gym with much trepidation, but it was the best thing I've ever done. The people who are part of the gym have lifted me up, kept me going and been there through thick and thin this past year - albeit virtually, mostly. I've made real friends who've checked in on me when I've been down or shared walks and giggles when we've been allowed. Thanks, Mum. Sarah Wolf, media officer, Frome, Somerset