How can you make Mother’s Day special? Share your favorite ways to celebrate and show appreciation for the moms in your life! 🌸 #MothersDay #CelebrationIdeas #MomAppreciation #SpecialDay #FamilyLove
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Nothing. As she deserves it for only having children purely for the purpose of her own entertainment. that entertainment was harming me physically and mentally.
Not much, usually. I don’t live close to my family, so most years I will send flowers to my mother, grandmother, and mother-in-law, and I’ll call my mom/grandmother on the day to wish them a happy mother’s day.
This year I’m planning on taking a trip to the nursery and getting some pretty flowers to plant in pots on the back deck. It’s supposed to be nice and sunny so I’m going to lay about in my lounge chair and husband will cook dinner of my choice 👍
My dad wakes up early to make her breakfast. She gets a warm breakfast, and then during the day we kind of just relax or we garden because she loves doing that stuff. Then dinner comes when I make her dinner and then she gets her gift.
Nothing. My mom is deceased and I don’t have kids.
I have two young boys so my husband usually brings them out to pick out treats and little gifts for me while I sit at home and do nothing. Or as little as I can get away with for that day anyway. Then they pick up whatever takeout I feel like so I can gorge on my favorite foods and be left alone to game and binge shows.
For my mom, I just video call her with the kids and that’s pretty much it. We don’t have Mother’s Day in the culture I grew up in so it’s not really a big deal for her.
My husband and my son and I are going to the arboretum which has a 3 mile walk surrounded by flowers and beautiful trees, plants, bushes, water features, koi ponds.. we will do a picnic and my mother and my brothers will be joining as well.
My mom just got her bathroom remodeled and has a new deep soaker tub so I got her one of those trays that go over the bath that’ll hold a book or tablet, wine, etc. I also got a reed diffuser with a flower to go with it and I’ll probably add in a bottle of wine and some bath products.
Reminisce on how awful of a mother my mom was to me as a kid. Those of you who have a close and healthy relationship with your moms, treasure that. Seeing mothers and daughters bonding on TV or at a store randomly. I always want to cry🙃
My husband is working all day but at least 1 of my kids will probably come by and husband and I will celebrate on Tuesday, his next day off. Probably go to the river or the ocean for the day.
My parents usually come to my house and we have dinner. Sometimes I go to theirs. I always ask my for a dessert request (we both bake, and I learned from her originally). I’ve had Hello Fresh for quite a while now (very sporadic with deliveries but we’ve been using them for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Thanksgiving for years now) and we pick a meal that she’d like best of that week’s options.
This year it’s Bavette Steak & Sherry Shallot Sauce with Garlic Parmesan Potato Clusters and Mixed Greens, with Bee Sting Cake for dessert. I’m looking forward to making the cake, I’ve never made it but heard of it, and out sounds unique.
It’s basically exactly the same for Father’s Day. Going out and reservations are just a pain in the butt and not relaxing. It’s just the three of us (I’m an only child) and visiting and having a good meal at home with an excellent dessert is just the ticket for special but not over the top.
Cook for my mother, step-mother and mother in law
Yes. I’m a mother too
But that doesn’t ever seem to matter.
It’s all about the Matriarchy in my family
I am a mom. I only thing I want is for my children to visit me. I just want the company. No presents.
I’m sure my husband helped the boys buy me something. They’ll also probably make me breakfast, probably scrambled eggs because what my husband feels confident making.
They are also all wearing matching outfits to Mass. I love some matching family outfits and no one else shares my love so on Mother’s Day, they bend to my whims. They all have navy pinstripe suit jackets, light blue dress shirts and navy dress pants. I have a color-coordinated dress to be even extra.
Then the extended family is getting together for lunch. Picking up a sandwich tray and making a pasta salad, so I don’t have to cook, well much
Going back home (i don’t live to far away and go back regularly anyways), get her a small gift, and make lunch to which we might invite my grandma. Nothing too crazy but we still “celebrate” it
I get her flowers and a card. If I’m in town we go out for brunch or dinner, or cook it. Whatever shes feeling.
Same thing I do every day, take care of my three kids
I’ll probably call my mom to say hi, but that’s about it
Go to the cemetery and leave her flowers. She died 8 years ago. 🥺
I’m not sure. This is the first year I get to celebrate it because I spent last year trying to leave my ex that is enmeshed with his toxic mom so I don’t have to be invisible to avoid having rude comments said to me or be alone this year since he used to take my daughter to his moms house every holiday. I get my daughter for Mother’s Day and it’s my actual birthday too 🙂 she seems very excited to sing happy birthday to me haha
My mother passed away back in 2020, so nothing, really.
Before that, I would sometimes make her throw pillows; my mother was of the opinion that one could never have too many of those. Other years, I’d find something Amish for her. My mother loved everything Amish, from their arts and crafts to Amish romance novels.
I live far away from my mom but I always send flowers and chocolate covered strawberries to her work on the Friday before, because everybody likes getting deliveries at work! She’s a teacher so I always send extra so she can share with her friends.
Since my mom has been gone for quite a few years and I’m celebrating my birthday tonight with my adult kids, I’m going to go to work so the younger moms can be home with their babies.
I typically spend the day with my mom (with my own kiddos, husband, brother and his fam). We usually eat and play games or something similar. Nothing big. It’s a day to celebrate all the moms present.
It’s kind of a hard day for me though bc my mom is not who she was when I was growing up (like she’s an actual mom now lol). Which is confusing to my traumatized brain. So I just try to push that aside and see who she is now. But almost every time I spend time with her (which is honestly a lot), I always have like a mini breakdown for the rest of the day afterwards.
We usually do a Sunday brunch with all of the family. Whether that’s at my parents house or a restaurant, it changes year to year.
Make my mom breakfast then I work in her garden. It’s all about being present and involving myself with her hobbies.
We’re visiting the in laws but it has nothing to do with mother’s day. We arranged the visit before realizing it is mother’s day this Sunday. My in laws never cared about mother and father’s day.
Not sure what I’ll end up doing, but I’ll tell you my dream weekend. 2 nights at the local holiday inn express. No one needs me and I can do whatever I want.
I’ll give my mom a call. I’m not sure what my husband has planned but he’ll probably make me breakfast and be in charge of child care for the day.
The same things I do every other day. It’s just a day.
Probably nothing. My daughter will probably make me something.
Nothing. Just like any other day for me.
My mom’s dead. We didn’t talk for about 6 years prior to that. No regrets. When she was alive I tried to do nice things for her every year but she just criticized and didn’t appreciate.
There is a Native American gathering in the mountains that I grew up going to on Mother’s Day weekend, and now I take my son. And there’s always a celebration at my mother in law’s house. So we will have to stop by there, too.
my mom just passed away on April 22. I’m not sad.
I hope my adult kids at least text me.
I’ll tell my mother in law happy mother’s day.. that’s about it.
This is the first Morhers Day my mom will be out of town and not guilt me for spending time with my child instead of her. I have reservations for my son and I to have brunch. Then we’ll maybe go out for dinner as well (I am not cooking and am single) for the first time in years I’m looking forward to the day
No… nothing great this year. Bf said he didn’t know what to get me. I said, I’d really like to actually get my nails done. Not the usual press-ons.
He said, that’s what, 60 bucks!?
I said 68 for a manicure with acrylics.
He said it was too expensive 😟
Celebrate with my daughter, who is also now a mother, and her family. We going to a nice brunch this year.
If my other daughter was closer, she’d be there too.
I sent a Mother’s Day card to another continent.
Nothing. I know it’s not the most palatable answer but I spend the entire year trying to avoid talking with my mother so I don’t really find it worth celebrating personally
Depends on the year. This year I’m going to take my mom and grandma some flowers and gifts and go get a massage. I usually host everyone for lunch and get healthy takeout, last year I bought tons of fresh flowers and let everyone make their own bouquet, I supplied vases, floral scissors, flower food etc. It was really fun for everyone to make their own custom bouquets but it was expensive and a lot of prep work.
Both mother figures in my life are the type of people who insist they don’t need anything. This year I’m making my mom a strawberry shortcake and cooking my boyfriends mom her favorite dinner.
We celebrated back in March and I ordered her some food from a Nigerian place and treated her to a spa day 🙂