What a lovely story. Hope your mum is feeling better.
If only British people appreciated British TV shows as much as you do. In the UK everyone is so harsh about everything of late. LRTC has been described as "a pale Little House On the Prairie" imitation with "dull" storylines and "brilliant TV for insomniacs".
Of course the 6-7 million people who watch it week after week disagree. I guess, we in the UK undervalue everything that's good about our country (and there are loaRAB of great things here) including our TV. Out of interest Sherry, have you ever seen Cranford? If you get a chance if you haven't, see if you can get hold of that. It's another show set in Victorian England but about some rather amusing eccentric ladies.