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Backstory – Best Mother’s Day Gift
I was at a loss to choose a gift for my mom for Mother’s Day. Like most mothers of adult children, she has everything. Yet she has meant so much to me, that I wanted to gift her with something befitting her status in my heart. Then a thought from childhood occurred to me. A gift I prepared that cost time rather than money. Hmm. Seemed that might be a good gift from a grown up too. Listen in and see what you think.
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Mother’s Day is the biggest greeting card holiday of the year. Adult children throughout the land spend precious time considering what card and what gift to give to the woman who gave them life.
Purchases will include nightgowns and sweaters and jewelry. Restaurants will be full of moms being celebrated by their families. Florists and card merchants’ cash registers will sing.
But as your mom ages, the Mother’s Day gift she may need from you, more than anything else, is the gift of your time. During quiet time together, she can recall all the moments that gave you both joy, as you were growing up. You can tell her how proud you are of the kind of mother she was. She can tell you what pride your choices in life have given her.
Figure out how you can give your mom the gift of your time. Plan a weekend away, just the two of you. Give her tickets to a play, with you as her companion.
Take her to a concert or a bingo or a wrestling match. Whatever she likes to …whether it’s one of YOUR favorite pastime or not.
Give her a gift certificate to a gym – and then go with her to exercise.
The THINGS you buy are appreciated, but the real value is the memories you give. It applies on Mother’s Day – and all year round.
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My mother is 95 and I visit her each day and ask what she needs and, also, what she wants. At this point in her life, it is rarely “something”. Instead, some cream on her legs and feet, a back scratch, a cup of real coffee. All easy for me but difficult for her arthritis afflicted hands. After a half hour, she is ready to be alone again, to see me again tomorrow. She still has her smile and mental acuity even though her legs will no longer carry her the distance. We cherish each new day and hope she will reach 100.
I’m sure your mom cherished this time with you.
This is so true, Annette! For the last two Christmases, my gift to Mom has been a day a month that she can count on for my coming and spending several hours — just to visit or, usually, to take her out to run errands. The pleasure of looking forward to it seems to be even greater than the pleasure of the day itself, but we both enjoy it so much.