Mother’s Day is not the easiest holiday to buy gifts for, no matter where you are and what time of the year Mother’s Day lands. It’s so hard to find a gift for your mom that can really convey exactly how much you love her and appreciate what she has done for you, which means that each Mother’s day most people are overwhelmed by the choices that they have. Choosing a gift can be difficult because most of our mothers will tell us they want our time. 

That doesn’t mean that we don’t want to be able to hand something over, so we will spend hours peering over the latest Jo Malone candles review and trying to find the nicest ornaments for her living room. So yes, take your mother to dinner or lunch and take her to see a show. The point is that you need to do everything that you can to show her how much you love her. We’ve got some gift suggestions for you below that should help you to come up with something for Mother’s day this year and hopefully inspire a wonderful time and make great memories.

Go for a picnic. Do you remember when you were a kid and your mom would spend a lot of time creating a lunch to put into a picnic bag with all the utensils and all the drinks and the cups and the blanket and drag you all out to the park for an afternoon? Well, return the favor. You can buy so many beautiful picnic packages these days, that allow you to prepare her favorite lunch, whether it’s a sandwich, a salad, or a plate of picky bits, and sit in a beautiful park. Mother’s day happens during the spring, so you won’t be able to find an excuse not to go.

Do something she loves. It’s not always easy to go and watch the ballet if you’re not a fan, but if your mother is a huge fan of ballet or even classical music, taking her to the opera or to see a ballet show for her favorite ballerina and splurging on a box seat is one of the best gifts that you could give her this mothers day. Showing that you have given it some thought as to what she likes to do in her free time rather than what you like to do in your free time is going to mean more to her than the money you would spend. There is nothing better than having a time of year when you can honor your mother, so make it a big thing for her.

Be her for the day. We don’t mean you need to suddenly become a parent, but you could pick up her chores and run her errands for a day. Even if you don’t want to do this yourself, taking your mother out for the day and having a helper come to her house to clean it, or sending her laundry out to an expert to do it for her is a nice way to take the chores off her shoulders.

Give her your time. It doesn’t matter where you live, Mother’s day happens every year and all you have to do is Google the date. If you live far away from home, book a flight or a train and go and see her for the day.

Any other ideas for your Mom’s special day? I mean as you get older the more practical the gifts tend to get. So give her something she can actually use and see benefit from. Have you tried any of these suggestions? Let me know in the comments below.

Until our next rendezvous…

XOXO

Trudy