Are you a mom who has her fingers crossed that you don’t receive another figurine to dust for Mother’s Day on May 11?
It’s time to find a great gift for mom, but we first want to know this from local mothers: What do you really want for Mother’s Day?
Maybe, for example, a day to yourself to read that new Jodi Picoult hardback in your backyard hammock is what you have your heart set on. Tell us what you want for Mother’s Day, whether it’s a tangible gift or a gift of time.
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I don’t know about all mothers but this one wants families to understand the old adage “talk is cheap”. You can tell mother/father you love them, but if you never call to see how they are, then do you really love them. You can buy them a card but never have time to help them move heavy stuff or cut the grass or wash the dishes, then do you really love them.
Love isn’t just something you say. If it’s real it’s something you do..
All the dishes and laundry done without having to ask (or argue), a nice meal cooked for me, handmade cards, maybe a picnic, just family time for one day without having to rush off to a track meet or softball practice. Alone time with the family…that’s it.
Every year for the last 5 years at least all I have ever asked for on mother’s day is for my husband and kids to clean the house. I tell them I don’t want presents, just one time, one day of the year, could someone else just please clean the house. I usually get dishes washed, but it falls off pretty fast from there. Occasionally I will get the house vaccumed but I have never had bathroomes or kitchen cleaned. My husband will wash the dishes but if it’s getting late, he will leave and take the kids to HIS mom’s house to spend the next 6-8 hours with her.
I have nothing against his mom, it’s just that they know every year that I ask for the same thing, and if Sunday he wants to spend it with his mom, than maybe he could give me my mother’s day present on Saturday?? I really don’t think it’s too much to ask one day of the year and I never surprise them, I always ask for the same thing……so why is it so hard???
So again this year I want’ nothing for mother’s day except by the way maybe my teenage children could use the words please and thank you.
I want DVR.
i got my mothers day present almost 5 yrs ago my little daughter was born on mothers day and she is the best gift i could have gotten this although i want a big light house for my bathroom
i would like my mother’s day present to be something that was given from the heart with the receiver in mind. i think those are the best gifts, because they mean a lot to the giver and the receiver. when my kids give me something from their hearts, i always feel fortunate that they still love me enough to actually want to give me a gift as much as i bitch at them. that’s love. which is the ultimate gift.
Still looking for a Mother’s Day gift idea? A reader named Barbra e-mailed me today with her suggestion: a gift certificate for a massage. Many salons and spas offer their own gift certificates. If Mom doesn’t have a favorite spa, you might consider purchasing a SpaFinder gift certificate (available in various denominations at locations including Walgreens stores). Five businesses in Wichita and 10 others in Kansas accept the gift cards, according to http://www.spafinder.com.