| Isn't it ironic that Mothers Day is all about showing our emotions and expressing our love for the person who brought us into the world, yet we often feel embarrassed to show how we feel? We fumble our way through, snatching a Mother's Day card from the local shop and maybe grabbing a bunch of roses from the petrol station. But if we're honest, do we really connect with her and express ourselves as we really would like to
Our Love Affair with Mothers Day Gifts
There's no denying that we do splash out on Mother's Day Gifts. Official statistics show that 35% of people in the UK give flowers as Mothers Day gifts, the most popular blooms being Roses, Tulips and Freesias. In fact more flowers are sold for Mothers Day than at any other time of the year, around 3.7 million bouquets. That's a 40% increase in sales compared with any other day of the year, even Valentine's Day! The bouquets are accompanied by no fewer than 12 million Mothers Day cards registered sent every year, ranging from the classic to the amusing to the downright sentimental.
Saying Those Words
The whole purpose of Mothers Day gifts is to show your mum what a great person she brought into the world and to remind her of your appreciation for all that she does. So if you want to buy her something more meaningful than a bunch of flowers, look to your feelings and choose from a range of Mother's Day Gifts that say what you really want to say. Why not choose a beautiful solid glass plaque beautifully engraved with the message 'thank you for being my mum', 'love you mum' or 'loveliest mum in the world'. With their colourful designs they look stunning displayed on a windowsill and say the exact words she wants to hear.
Alternatively, the Dear mum - from you to me journal is a gift with extra special meaning, designed to be passed down through the generations. Your mum can use this original book to record everything about her life that you never knew, and everything that she would want her grandchildren and great grandchildren to know. The things she enjoyed doing as a child. How she met and fell in love with your dad. Her hopes and dreams both for herself and for you. There really is no limit as to what she can create as her own imagination unfolds a lifetime of meaning.
Your mum is someone who takes pleasure from watching things grow - and that includes you. So what more special way to show your affection than by naming a rose after her, a rose which she can then plant and which will flourish into the summer months. And if she's a bit of an eco warrior, she'll love the Dedicate a tree gift; her own tree, named after her forever and planted in a nature reserve or woodland area to support the environment in a meaningful way.
Don't Forget Granny
Never forget that Mothers Day is for all mums, and that includes granny! With the wisdom of her years and the depth of her affection, granny takes a much respected position in our lives and her love for you comes second to none. Grannies are those that sow the seeds of the future. Take Israeli born Mariam Amash. At 120 years of age and claiming to be the oldest woman in the world, she has no fewer than 10 children, 120 grandchildren, 250 great-grandchildren, and 30 great-great-grandchildren!
Although your granny may not have spread her seeds so widely, she still deserves your best. She may well have slowed down over the years, and with a wide range of exciting experience days that make excellent Mother's Day Gifts, the temptation may well be to get her flying a plane or trying her hand at bungee jumping! But to bring you down to earth, why not treat her and grandad to a wine-tasting and vineyard tour for two, or have them strut their stuff with ballroom dancing for two. If you're being careful not to stretch your budget, what more meaningful way to treat her to sentimental memories than by giving her the chance to treasure photos of you, her grandchild, in grandma's special boasting book - a beautiful faux suede photo album in vibrant fuchsia to hold 40 of her favourite snaps, to show to her friends and keep to hand for those sentimental moments. Alternatively, surround her with soothing jazz vibrations from Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and Billy Holliday, with the specially mastered Thank you Mothers Day CD; the perfect way to say thank you with nostalgic music from yesteryear.
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