You Can’t Outgive Your Mother

The second Sunday in every May brings joy for some and anxiety for others!  “What on earth can I give my mother?” you ask.  Perhaps it is because trying to find something meaningful enough to give to the person who actually gave you life can be difficult.

Some mothers are thrilled with a beautiful card, signed with love, and others, but hopefully there are only a few, would not be happy with anything you do.  Most of our mothers fall somewhere in the middle of these.

The most important factor in choosing a Mother’s Day gift, as with any gift, is really knowing the person for whom you are choosing it.  Has your mother mentioned recently that there is something she would like to have?  Did she admire something in a window or in a magazine?  Has she commented how much she liked something one of her friends has?  Has she complimented you on your perfume or something you have in your home?  All these things can be clues as to what your mother might appreciate and enjoy as a small token of your love and appreciation for her.  Don’t try to spend more than you have to spend……just try to buy the best you can with what you have.  The best, in this case, is something your mother would really like to have.

Resist the commercials and magazine ads that barrage you with what they think your mother has to have or really what they want to sell.   Remember, Mother’s Day is a day when we celebrate and display our gratitude for all that our mothers have done for us and what they mean to us.  Our gift really needs to be a heartfelt choice.  It could be as simple as a bouquet of flowers.  On the surface, this could seem a generic choice but if you pick a bouquet of her favorite flowers and tie them with a ribbon in her favorite color, you personalize the gift, thereby telling her that the flowers were really meant for her and not just a last minute bouquet from the market.

No matter what the gift, large or small, always include a card because nothing has more value to your mother than your words of affirmation and appreciation.  As good a job as Hallmark does, your mother really wants to hear from you, not just Hallmark.  Enjoy this process.  That really is important as it will be felt in the giving.  If you feel it is going to be tedious, change that thought and decide that you are going to have fun with it.  As you recall from our Post on Love Letters, we really believe in expressing ourselves in words.  Let’s keep the art of letter writing alive!  A love letter from her child is a priceless gift a mother will treasure always.  And no matter what your gift is, take time to wrap it beautifully, we’ll show you how to do this in the Two Chums video on gift wrapping, All Wrapped Up.

If all other ideas fail you, most women love chocolate, if your mother is one of them, consider making her, her very own chocolate cake.  You can’t go wrong with this…something sweet you’ve made yourself, and just for her.

If you really put your heart and mind into it and think about the clues your mother has given you about things she really likes and wants, we guarantee that she will be beaming because your gift will come from a heart full of  love, joy and abundant living.