Countdown to Mother’s Day

Don’t let May 11 catch you unprepared. Mother’s Day is the time for honoring mothers everywhere. Show your mom what she means to you by taking a look below at some of our gift ideas, custom-fitted for your mom.

“My Mother” Essay Contest

She’s been a confidant, chauffeur, chef and chaperone. Mothers’ roles may change, but their love is always unyielding. This Mother’s Day, tell the world about your mom.

In 200 words or less, tell us why your mother should be named “Mother of the Year”. The winning essay writer will win a bedroom suite with several finishes to pick from and Tempur Pedic bedding to go with it.
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Notable Mother’s Day Quotes

  • Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
    Oprah Winfrey
  • Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of little children.
    William Makepeace Thackeray
  • When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again.
    Leon Blum
  • Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same; most mothers kiss and scold together.
    Pearl S. Buck
  • Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother’s love is not.
    James Joyce
  • A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
    Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  • Anyone who doesn’t miss the past never had a mother.
    Gregory Nunn

Great Gift Ideas

  • Make a reservation for Mom at a luxurious hotel and prepare a care package full of her favorite music, books and food.
  • Exercise with Mom by joining her at the gym or by taking a walk together at the park.
  • Enroll Mom in a class that she has a passion for at the local community college or arts center.
  • Create a book of family memories with photographs and hand-written stories. Read them together as a family.
  • Map out a scenic drive to take with Mom. Don’t forget the details: music, snacks and a list of places to stop.
  • Plan a day for your busy Mom by taking her on a shopping spree and preparing her a home-cooked meal.
  • Make your mom’s bed a nightly refuge with high thread-count sheets, fluffy pillows, a new comforter and scented candles.

Mother’s Day was first observed by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 as a day of peace by holding meetings in Boston.