Make It A Happy Mother’s Day + A Gift Idea

I’ve been putting this post off for a while now, knowing it was going to have to happen even if I didn’t get to see my mom on Mother’s Day. And I don’t. I think a lot of people won’t be seeing their mom’s on her special day. 😦 Or even close to that day. I feel for you. And for her.

I even thought about not making the post at all, but I had a product I was supposed to try and mention – if I liked it. I tried it. It helps my pain situation. So I am mentioning it below. I am not being paid to mention it, though I did receive some samples to try.

I’m not seeing my mom. I haven’t been able to go shopping myself for just over a month, so I only have one little thing I am even going to be giving her when I finally do get to see her. This product will also be mentioned below, in the description of the “gift” I put together for the purposes blog post.

But I’m sure many people haven’t gotten to do their personal shopping for their moms, and may not get to before Sunday, so I wanted to write about other ways we can show our mom’s the love this coming weekend. And throughout this entire ordeal we are all trying to get through.

What do you do when you cannot see your mom, or others who are important to you? Here are just a few ideas:

• My mom and I talk on the phone about every other day. When mom and I talk, it is for anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. She and my sister talk every day, sometime twice. I’m not sure how long they talk each time.
• Keep up with each other on her favorite social media venue. There, you can share pictures, useful articles, and other things.
• Do a video chat. I’ve done this with my daughter Zowie and my grandchildren. I love seeing their faces and hearing their voices.
• My daughter Skye does my shopping for me every couple of weeks. We’ve talked across the yard. Me on the doorstep, her at her car.

Now, the example gift here is not the gift I got my mom. It really is just an example of a special thing to do for your mom if you have the opportunity to do it. The gift basket has some of my favorite things.

What I might do for my mom is to go shopping, looking at things that I know she would love. I would think about her personal style, the brands she loves, the scents she adores, her hobbies, and other things that are important for her.

This is a basket my daughters could throw together for me, if I didn’t already have these things – haha – that I would love. This would make me feel absolutely pampered. And I looove feeling pampered!

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A basket is a gift itself. This particular basket actually holds my correspondence items and bill-paying binder. The pink scarf wrapped loosely around the handle and draped over the side of the basket was given to me as a Yule gift by Skye. The All Good body lotion smells amazing, and is coconut scented. It smells sooo good.

Soaps from local farmer’s, often sold at farmer’s markets and made from goats milk and other good for your skin products, come simply wrapped and also smell amazing. They allow you to take wonderful care of your skin. I think most moms would like a bar or two to use on their face.

I find that, especially during the winter, my skin is especially dry, so products that will help me to care better for my skin are always a plus. I love spa gel socks and gloves. I load my feet and hands up with lotion, put on the gloves and socks, and relax while watching a sitcom. When the sitcom is over, I take them off, and work the remaining lotion into my hands and feet. This makes my skin super soft.

All Good, which I obtained from Mighty Nest, also has a freezing herbal pain reliever that I use on my back. I can’t actually reach the part of my back that causes me so much grief, so this spray helps me to lessen the pain in that area.

Another pain aid is Salonpas, which comes in patches, sprays, and roll-on’s. I used this when I first got it, on my hip which I have some soreness issues with. As moms get older, we do have aches and pains, so sometimes pain aids are necessary. The Salonpas product I tried for my hip was the large pain relieving patch. It is for temporary aches and pains, and smells like menthol. It did work like a charm. NOTE: Talk with your doctor before taking pain medications, and find out from your mom what her doctor is recommending for pain, especially during this time of the Coronavirus. There may be some things you should not be taking right now. It is always best to talk to your doctor.

I love flowers, as do many moms. A vase with flowers will look good on a stand, or on the table. My vase has a red gingham ribbon tied around it, and I’ve stuck a little pinwheel in the vase because pinwheels remind me of spring and summer.

Two magazines I’ve been enjoying lately, and actually have subscriptions to, are the ones for HGTV and the Food Network. Thinking about what your mom’s interests are, and knowing what she already gets in the mail or buys when she is out, will help you to decide what to get her. You’ll want to go for something she doesn’t usually read, but she is interested in. (My mom is actually going to get these, and the last few month’s of each magazine’s issues, but not as her Mother’s Day gift because they are already my magazines. We share magazines in my family.)

 

Facial masks are another thing I like. My favorites are peel-offs, but I use other types as well. I also love shampoos and body washes. This time of year, I really want ones that remind me of spring scents.

I also love the head massager that I won at a work party. It is amazing. If your mom doesn’t have one, she should.

Other great things to add might be a stationary set, and a journal along with your moms favorite type of pen.

And this butter keeper is the gift I actually did get for my mom. She knows already, so I can mention it here. I can’t see her, and we have discussed why I got it for her and why.

You see, I was visiting one day a few months back when I hadn’t had a chance to have breakfast first. I decided I’d have toast at her place. Both of us preferring butter, she took a stick out of the refrigerator and apologized for how hard it was. I was fine with it, slicing some thinly to cover my toast when spread out. The toast melted it just enough to facilitate this.

We talked about how much she hates leaving the butter on the counter because the butter gets far too soft. Since I don’t really buy or make bread to eat at home because of my diet choices, I had forgotten about the problem. We talked minimally, wondering if buying a crock would be worth it.

I found this little crock, which is probably going to hold exactly one stick of butter, for about $5.00, and had decided to put it in with the rest of what I wanted to get her for Mother’s Day. Now, since I am not going to be able to shop, this is going to be the extent of her gift. There is a story behind the purchase of the gift, and this is what makes it special.

Happy Mother’s Day! To all the mom’s who may or may not be “visiting” with their children and grandchildren this year. I wish you all the best, and all the love you can handle.

~ Shannon