- If you're able to, visit Mom in person.
- If you've already bought a card to send, tuck a personal letter inside of it this year.
- Send a contribution in Mom's name to a cause that she supports or supported.
- Consider taking in a foster child who doesn't have a mother (or father).
- Take a conflict resolution course and have more peace in your home.
- Patch up a quarrel before it's too late.
- Help a friend who's a Mom by taking care of her kids one day or evening next week, so she can have some time to do whatever she wants.
- Plant some flowers or a tree where they'll bring beauty to the world and pleasure to those who see them.
- Make a meal for your Mom or for another Mom. Just be sure to clean up ALL the dishes, including those you cooked in -- and wipe that splash off the wall, too! (I'm a Mom, too, so I know.....)
Mother's Day - What You Need to Know
- Ancient Celebrations of Mothers and Motherhood
- Mothering Sunday in Britain
- Mothers' Work Days
- Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day
- Anna Jarvis and Mother's Day
- Carnations, Anna Jarvis, and Mother's Day
- International Mother's Days Today
- Mother's Day Statistics
- Famous Mothers
- Quotes on Mothers and Motherhood
- Ideas for Mother's Day (in the spirit of the originals)
- Motherhood in History
- Mother's Day - Index
Text copyright 1999-2005 © Jone Johnson Lewis
