Saturday, May 11, 2013

{My} Dear Mother

Mother's Day always throws me for a loop. How can you really express how much you love and appreciate your mum in only one day? For me, preparing for this holiday involves a lot of blank stares at pretty stationery, biting my lip over what to get her, and trying to decide exactly what would make this day more special for her than any other day.

I never really succeed. My futile attempts never truly resolve themselves into a day that would make memories, which is all we really want, right? Making it a day she will never forget and smile every time she recalls it. That would be the perfect Mother's Day.

But alas... such a day has so far only existed in my imagination, so far-removed from reality...

However, I still make an attempt to at least give her a smidgeon of the love she has bestowed upon me on her day, often in the form of something she can put somewhere so even if the day is not memorable enough to stick in her memory, it can stick to her wall.

This is {though my version is home-cooked and not nearly as professional-looking}my gift for this year:


The family is also attempting to make her crepes, which hopefully will turn out wonderfully. And then we will be taking her to lunch {or supper} at Manderes, a fabulously delicious restaurant in town. No cooking for her tomorrow! {Unless, of course, she wants to. It is her day.}

I hope that all of your mothers and all the other special women in your lives have a wonderful, memory-making Mother's Day tomorrow. Happy Mother's Day!