Every Day Should be Mother's Day: 50 Ways to Honor, Appreciate, Indulge, and Amuse Your Mom (Every Day Is Special)

By: Jennifer Basye Sander

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Synopsis: Celebrate the moms in your life (and perhaps yourself as well)! After all they've done for us, moms everywhere deserve to be appreciated on a daily basis, rather than waiting all year to get a card and some flowers. Think back on the many things, big and small, your mother has done for you over the years . . . from baking cookies or sometimes letting you choose the radio station on a car trip, to hemming your dress in time for the prom. Isn&’t it time you started making those same gestures in the other direction? We think so! It is never too early, or for that matter, too late, to make a parent feel special. Mother&’s Day has a long and storied history, stretching back to its earliest roots in the post-Civil War era. What began as one woman&’s attempt to help heal the grief of mothers who&’d lost sons on both sides of the fight and then became another woman&’s attempt to honor her own mother, has morphed over the years into more of a commercial event. Isn&’t it time we got back to the idea of making moms feel treasured and appreciated? In these pages, you&’ll find idea after idea that will encompass a wide variety of activities to get you thinking about how to make your mom feel special, even if you don&’t live close by. Go ahead and remember to buy that card and bring over some flowers on the actual Mother&’s Day, but in the meantime, here are some ways to make every day count . . .