Anyone sending their Mom a gift, card, hug, call for Mother's Day?
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I am sending her a card today and I will call her sometime on the day to wish it again. We love our MOMMIES!!!! Thanks for asking, I appreciate it and so does my Mom. Have a good one yourself!!
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well the best gift is your self and your time.\n\nI am taking my mom to her fav restaurant that she will never go to herself because she thinks it cost to much (an its not really that bad)
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although I am a mother, I also have a mother!  I will go and visit her and take her a plant and a card, give her a kiss and tell her thanks for being such a wonderful mom!  I just don't believe so much in all of these special days for things.  Why focus on one day.  My daughter is young and she tells me all the time what a great mother I am, or brings me cards that she made me, or makes me gifts.  What I really want for mothers day is to know that I'm loved all year round...not just on a certain day but for all the years to come. :)  We should never wait for a certain day to let someone so special know how much we love them.
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This actually made me think of what my mom did for me once when I was about 37 years old and very stressed with working full time and raising kids.  She sent me a birthday card with a dollar in it.  She put a note in it about knowing how much I loved to get a card with $1 (referencing back to my childhood).  It made me laugh, and it made me feel really good.  \n\nI think maybe that is what you are trying to do with the seniors -- make them feel the joy of just getting a bag of goodies and having a good time, letting go of all the stress they've been generating all year.  Cool idea.\n\nMaybe a "Feel the Memories" kind of theme?  Not remember, but feel.  Goodie bags conjure up good feelings from the many birthday parties of childhood.  Have a cake.  Maybe first grade pictures of all the seniors, with a "guess who?" contest.  Play music from the 1994 - 2000 timeframe.  Have a dance contest.  Let them feel young.
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well im not going 2 b around for mothers day but i got her something special for that day i hope that u have a special mothers day as well.  take care and God Bless.
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Going out to eat, vases of flowers or containers of live plants, candy or bath items seem to be the most popular gifts to give Mom - but is it because she really loves them, or because you don't know what else to give on Mother's Day?\n\nTake a hint from other gift giving occasions and don't get stuck in a rut.\n\nGive a gift of time for Mother's Day. Make a promise and keep it, to spend a day with your mother, doing whatever she enjoys, whether that's baking, garage saling or sky diving! Let it be her day, and let her choose which day it is, within reason.\n\nA busy mother often lacks time for herself. She dreams about being able to take walks alone, stay in the shower more than 2 minutes and finish the book she started when you were born! Giving the gift of time isn't so hard. What it means is that you take over some chores or a day's worth of chores or watch younger siblings to allow her to do whatever she wants to do.\n\nShe doesn't need to go anywhere (unless she wants to), or do anything special... just whatever she wants to do.\n\nA clean house! This is another "take over the chores" type of gift, but with a twist. Having a clean house makes anyone feel good, so give a hand made gift certificate for cleaning time at her request. Make eight (or however many hours' worth you want to give) boxes on the certificate (or individual certificates) and in each one write "1 Hour." She can choose whether she wants an hour a day for eight days, a full day's work, or an hour or two here and there. What could make a homemaker happier?\n\nYou can do a one time job for her, like cleaning out a storage shed or washing and waxing her car. Washing windows on the house, or doing other heavy house cleaning are other possibilities.
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There are so many !! One of my fondest memories was when i was 8 years old. mama and daddy recorded me and my 2 little sisters as we opened our gifts. Boy were we loud !!! screaming and yelling  "thank you mama thank you daddy". that year i got a Chrissy doll. i'm showing my age LOL. she was like a giant red haired barbie and you could make her hair long or short by turning a button in the middle of her back. my cousin and i are the same age , so we both got one. But what i love most is hearing we little girls and hearing mama and daddy's voices. sadly , i lost them both in 1991. six months apart. the other favorite holiday was last year. my sisters didn't give me anything of my dad's when he left us. i don't blame them because i went off the deep end after losing my parents. when i finally got my life together i asked them for something of my dad's. one of my sisters had my dad's wedding ring. it's beautiful, wide gold band with 3 1/4 carat diamonds. i always wanted that ring. when daddy didn't have it on i would get it and wear it while i was at their house. it was funny, mama and daddy joked about having to frisk me before i went home to make sure i didn't leave with one of their rings.LOL. anyway, i asked my sister if i could have daddy's ring. she adamently said "NO". it just broke my heart. my sisters were not fair when it came to splitting what my parents had 3 ways. i asked her for that ring for 5 years. last year my birthday fell on thanksgiving day. we were all at my sisters house having our family dinner when out came a beautiful cake with far too many candles on it LOL. i was surprised. i read all of the b-day cards and opened the gifts everyone had given me. i noticed everyone moving to one side of the room and my nieces all had cameras and video camears pointed at me when i opened the last gift. IT WAS MY DADDY'S RING !!!!!!!! I started bawlin' and ran to my lil sister to hug and thank her. my sis is an itty bitty thing and i'm NOT...she told everyone to protect her so i wouldn't sqeeze her to death !!LOL i have that ring on my finger right now and that is where it will stay until one of my nephews is old enough and getting married. that is when i will pass it down. so, that's just 2 of many wonderful holidays. as a matter of fact my b-day is on sat. and we are having thanksgiving then. everyone has to work on fri. so we decided to do it on sat. so everyone can be there. we're having it at my sisters house and she lives an hour 1/2 away. well , there's my answer.  OH !!! and you are soo right about time screaming by. That is sad.  Have a great Thanksgiving. God Bless.\n                                                                   Deanne
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I am so sorry for your loss.  I would like to say that I think your mom would be proud of you and would love knowing that you love her and you miss her.  Instead of spending today being sad at her loss..spend the day rejoicing for the woman that she was and for the memories that will live on in your heart forever.  ((((((((hugs)))))))))
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Not at all!  You aren't telling her what to get you (unless she asks), and I assume you are doing this for some reason of principles, and I think good for you for doing that!  Hope your mom respects your wish.  and Merry Christmas!
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I'm about your boyfriend's age, and I lost my mother last year.  If my experience has any relevance here, I felt somewhat sad on Mother's Day.  But more than that, I felt *strange*.  I would always call my mother, send her a card or gift, and so forth, and of course I couldn't do that.  I felt left out of all the Mother's Day talk.  After all these years, I was an outsider.\n\nOne thing you don't mention is whether your boyfriend has any chlldren of his own.  If he does, and if they make a fuss over him because he is their dad, that should help quite a bit.\n\nYou are a kind and supportive girlfriend to be thinking of your boyfriend's dad this weekend.  I think he is lucky to have you.
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Nice one girl.  All you fella's should take that clue and call up the mother's of your children and tell them Happy Mother's Day..also say Thank You.
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I think the first link below should have enough info to put together a card that your family member will appreciate.\n\nWhat a neat idea!
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My church hands out single red roses to the women. you could give every mom a simple pretty flower or dishtowels or something like that. chocolate, the like. Flowers are a good cheap gift. you could even buy small potted flowers, just shop a bit, see what looks good.
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A gift in return for a gift can be a slippery slope and might lead to an uncomfortable cycle of "thank-you" gift giving. However, nothing is more appropriate than a well picked and well thought out card to express your thanks for her thoughtfulness. I suggest you go to www.quotationspage.com and pull out a nice quote about giving. This will show that you really took the time to think about her actions.\nAnd when her birthday rolls around, yes - it would be perfectly appropriate to give her a small token as a remembrance of her gift.
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You sound like such a thoughtful person! You also seem very well-spoken. You should write her a poem or a nice letter telling her why you appreciate and love her. You could make a frame for it, or if you have a tiny bit of money, you could buy a premade frame at a craft store for under $3 and decorate it.\n\nYou could also take a picture, or have a picture taken of you and siblings/pets/dad/other important family member.\n\nI am almost 26 and my mom still prefers the handmade gifts, even when I have money to buy her something nice.
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From, my mother who lives in Mexico and I have not seen her for 6 years. I would like to recieve all call from her, because I love her, she makes my day when we talk over the phone. She is my mother and she is my Holy Mother who gave me birth.\n\nShe is the person I will always want to hear from. Thank you Mommy!
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We are in the same position. I try to do this every year. You can walk around the tree and pick boy or girl, child or adult. We usually pick a child and an adult, because I try to picture myself in the adults position if I were suddenly without my mate. I look to see what they have on their wish list and pick those that we feel we can afford to get what they ask for. I don't think there is a min. or max., but it is important to get what is on the list or close to it. Again, just imagine yourself as the recipient. Do unto others as you would have others do to you. Then we wrap it and put the tag provided on it. We try to include a card from our family, wishing them comfort and joy and Gods' blessing on their family.\n\nI hope you find a way to do it this year, it really is a blessing for you and them.