Super seven celebrate special day

By Rohan Aldous

May 15, 2023

Double celebration: Joan Todd with her seven grandchildren, (from front left) Riley, Lilly, Ryan, Sammy, Flynn, (and back) Lincoln and Kailey. Photos: Rohan Aldous

Every seven years it is a double celebration for Kyabram mother Joan Todd, when she shares her May 14 birthday with another special occasion — Mother’s Day.

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The family always gathers together to celebrate the special women in their lives and on a rotational basis it is also a birthday event for the family matriarch.

Her four sons were at the event, along with her seven grandchildren and sister Margaret Villani (with husband Lou).

Joan did not take all the attention as only 24 hours earlier her 13-year-old granddaughter, Kailey, had also celebrated a significant birthday — becoming a teenager.

Cafe 3620 was bursting with flowers and frivolity on Sunday, along with several other district cafes, hotels and dining establishments as Mother’s Day breakfasts, lunches and dinners went from early morning to late evening.