Your Mother’s Day
Posted on May 8th, 2008 at 9:20 pm by admin under Floral
The ancients had a day for just about every deity they could name and never faltered in their reverence of them. We have seen many of those celebrations adapted and incorporated into our own culture. But our ancestors also knew to honor a mortal just as fervently… the mother.
There is hardly a day more cherished than the day one celebrates a simple human being who has given one love, protective care, and unwavering devotion. Whether that someone is the birth mother or another who stepped in to fulfill the promise of mothering the human need to recognize that special bond is purely an act of time honored veneration.
It is hardly necessary to mention the countless ways one can remember mothers either living or in memory, as this personal tribute knows no bounds. But here are a few fresh ideas:
- plant something for Mom in her garden so that daily she can see
your loving gift. Bulbs are easy to plant and fun to watch grow.
- with your fresh flower bouquet offer to do a needed chore.
Maybe Mom’s car could do with a wash and wax.
- repot that heirloom plant that Mom can no longer lift or move.
- make Mom a few window boxes that you fill with blooming plants.
Annuals can be replaced for a fresh face each season.
- bring your Mom to lunch where a delivered arrangement of cheerful
blossoms awaits. Even a vase of flowers you drop off early at the
restaurant will make that meal all the more special.
- decorate Mom’s porch with hanging plants before she rises in the
morning.
- offer to drive Mom to the cemetery so she can remember her
mother or grandmother. Bring some potted blooms as tribute.
