| So many days roll by without a thought to the | | | | moms, it is the most personal thing you could |
| daily life of our mother. How is her day | | | | do for her. Make it so mom does not have to |
| going? Is everything going well? Does she | | | | lift a finger for anything. |
| need to relax? And so on. We are so wrapped | | | | |
| up in our own lives that we forget that mom's | | | | Another idea, if you want to spend the money |
| have tough days too, even after we are all | | | | and do the footwork, is have a family quilt |
| grown up. And husbands forget that wives, | | | | made for her. There are dozens of ways to do |
| the mothers of their children, do get | | | | it. You can even have old family pictures |
| forgotten in the daily hubbub of life. | | | | incorporated into the quilt. Have the names |
| | | | of her family added to the quilt, this will |
| So this year, do something that is absolutely | | | | turn into a "Memory Quilt", something she |
| and completely all for her. First, make | | | | gaze upon year after year and in a sense be |
| arrangements for a full day at the spa. The | | | | surrounded by her family each night. |
| works. It is relatively inexpensive and will | | | | |
| bring the glow back into mom. While she is | | | | Depending on what "personal" means to your |
| at the spa, clean the house, or hire someone | | | | mom or wife, can decide how you want to |
| to come do it for you. Order out for the | | | | personalize her Mother's Day gift. There is |
| best restaurant to deliver a full course meal | | | | engraving, embroidery, painting, and |
| and set it up for you so that when mom comes | | | | sculpting, or you can do something that mom |
| home, there is no cooking to be done. Make | | | | has wanted done for a very long time and make |
| arrangements to have it cleaned up also. | | | | that personal. Taking a cruise or short trip |
| Make sure all her dry cleaning is taken to | | | | to a place that she has wanted to go. |
| the shop, the dog is bathed and groomed. The | | | | |
| sheets on the bed are fresh and clean. | | | | To a mom, all things are personal, especially |
| | | | when it comes to her family. |
| This may not sound original to some, but for | | | | |