Following all the doom and gloom that coronavirus has caused us as a community in the past 7-8 weeks, we can report some good news today.

Mothers Day provided a shot in the arm to some retailers in the CBD as people flocked to spoil mum after weeks in lockdown.

Flowers, mugs, tea pots, slippers, earrings and glass animals were the popular items that you bought for mum either directly or indirectly through your children.

Lismore Florist and the Enchanted Florist both had record days with Jenny Jones saying "it was a very, very busy Mothers Day. We sold out and had to stop taking orders for the first time ever".

Jenny also said "we weren't sure if we were going to keep our doors open at the start of the pandemic and now this".

Jolene Ward from the Enchanted Florist agreed with Jenny that it was their busiest day ever too and said they were still working hard this morning on back orders for Mothers Day.

Kitchen items was the consistent theme at Shoppe One 17 in Keen Street. "mugs, tea-pots and anything in the kitchen was what people were buying mum", said Janice Palmer, owner of Shoppe One 17.

For Shoes On magellan it was slippers, slippers and more slippers as people bought mum something warm for the cold nights ahead. "Melinda Turner said "it was quite good last week, a lot of people were out looking at ways to treat mum. It was better than I expected".

While the big ticket jewellery items aren't being purchased for Mothers Day there was some smaller items finding their way into some local homes on Sunday the Jewel Centre on Molesworth Street selling earrings, rings and glass animals.

There were many happy mothers in Lismore on Sunday plus it was good to hear that business owners are in a positive mood on a Monday. With the restrictions easing to Step 1 on Friday which includes 10 people at cafe's and restaurants, hopefully there is more good news on the way.