I just want to share this about my mother

I just wanted to share how lucky I feel to have my mother. I know so many people have such a hard time but i feel so blessed. My mother never oversteps her boundaries, always helps, loves my babies to pieces and I don't know what I'll do when she's gone! She has been so amazing, coming 600 kms to take care of DD and DH when I was in hosp for high BP, cooking cleaning, (even my room)! How can I ever thank her enough? She will be going home next Wed. Getting her a card or something just doesn't seem meaningful enough. I just want her to know how lucky I feel to have her!

 

I love hearing great stories about how much people appreciate their mothers. I feel the same way about mine, and even my MIL has come around since the girls were born. What about taking her out to lunch and you can tell her just what you told us. I am sure she would love to hear how much you appreciate her

 

Just tell her exactly what you just said. I am sure that she would love that. Also maybe something from the kids. Like a piece of jewelry that she can treasure.

 

QUOTE(prairiemom3 @ Nov 1 2007, 10:19 AM) [snapback]476571[/snapback]
I just wanted to share how lucky I feel to have my mother. I know so many people have such a hard time but i feel so blessed. My mother never oversteps her boundaries, always helps, loves my babies to pieces and I don't know what I'll do when she's gone! She has been so amazing, coming 600 kms to take care of DD and DH when I was in hosp for high BP, cooking cleaning, (even my room)! How can I ever thank her enough? She will be going home next Wed. Getting her a card or something just doesn't seem meaningful enough. I just want her to know how lucky I feel to have her!


It's wonderful you have her. I lost mine almost 5 years ago and I miss her a lot. I know she would have loved to have been with our twins. I think it is enough to hear it, but maybe you could get her a picture of her and the kids or something and give it to her when you tell her. Not the most inspired suggestion but I think it is the sentiment that matters most.

Sotto

 

that is wonderful to hear. I think a pic of her w/the twins in a lovely grame - AND, why don't you write her a letter (and put it in a nice card), so she has it to keep and refer to. I think for people to have written 'evidence ' (can't think of a better word) of our emotions is very powerful.

And, of course, i think you should tell her as well, but - well, i'm a sucker for a well-written note.

 

You're lucky to have her. I wish mine didn't live in India! She came and helped with my first son and I don't know what I would've done without her. We started calling her "Grandma Poppins" because she was like Mary Poppins---everything was clean, food was on the table, the baby didn't cry and everything was practically perfect in every way! I don't know how I did it without her the first few weeks with the twins.

I'm sure just writing in down for her will mean a lot to your mom. I'm sure she's not in it for the thanks---she's in it because she loves you and your babies!

Reyna

 

QUOTE(prairiemom3 @ Nov 1 2007, 08:19 AM) [snapback]476571[/snapback]
I just wanted to share how lucky I feel to have my mother. I know so many people have such a hard time but i feel so blessed. My mother never oversteps her boundaries, always helps, loves my babies to pieces and I don't know what I'll do when she's gone! She has been so amazing, coming 600 kms to take care of DD and DH when I was in hosp for high BP, cooking cleaning, (even my room)! How can I ever thank her enough? She will be going home next Wed. Getting her a card or something just doesn't seem meaningful enough. I just want her to know how lucky I feel to have her!

Print up some of the MIL and family vents we have and say "THANK YOU for not being like this!" :laughing:

I think a meaningful letter is an excellent idea. I know that would be touching to me as a mom.

 

I am a grandmother of twins and I keep the boys everyday and have since they were 4 weeks old. One of my favorite gifts was a "Brag Book". It was just a small photo book with a clear cover. They purchased just a small print - the size of a photo that had carricatures of two infant boys. They had it printed to read "Nana's Brag Book" and underneath the photo it had "We're Twins" and then the boys' names. This was inserted in the clear cover to make the front of the book. I keep this book with me wherever I go. My daughter is totally amazed at the number of people that see the book. I find any excuse I can to pull it out and show photos of the boys. You could possibly make her a personal brag book and begin it by putting in pictures of your mother and the babies. You could even make it more personal by using finger paint and on the front cover and back cover, including handprints of the little ones. She'd have those little hands to hold and kiss while she's back home.

 

you are truely blessed.

It sounds like she has also raised a thoughtful and respectful daughter too. I am sure if you tell her what you just said to us, that will mean more to her than the world. Give her a big hug and tell her. (A card in her suitcase to find when she gts home would be nice too.)

When my mom goes home after a long visit, I like to leave a message on her answering machine for when she gets home, thanking her for everything and saying I miss her already.

 

QUOTE(Jordari @ Nov 1 2007, 11:55 AM) [snapback]476708[/snapback]
that is wonderful to hear. I think a pic of her w/the twins in a lovely grame - AND, why don't you write her a letter (and put it in a nice card), so she has it to keep and refer to. I think for people to have written 'evidence ' (can't think of a better word) of our emotions is very powerful.

And, of course, i think you should tell her as well, but - well, i'm a sucker for a well-written note.


I like this idea. Or taking her to lunch. How special it is to have a mom you can always count on. My mom is wonderful too. I don't think she'd clean my room tho...lol!

 

My mom has been great too. My twins are one month old and my mom is leaving tomorrow. I am so sad. All of the things that you said your mom does, mine does too. She has been here for almost six weeks (she came in the last weeks before I had my csection) and the time she has been here has been so special. Thank goodness for moms.

 

I agree about a handwritten note, those are most touching. You could also get her a "grandma" card thanking her from the babies. If she's a first time grandma, they love seeing that in print!

 

THAT IS AWSOME .. I FEEL LIKE YOU DO.. I COULDNT DO IT WITH OUT MOM..

JUST THINK OF SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL THEN GO FOR IT..


M

 

OK, i'm crying reading this - i am visiting my family in oregon (we live in washington dc) and mymom, who is in terrible physical condition, is SO wonderful with my girls. She cant' do a lot with them (lift and carry, change diapers, etc.), but she is SO wonderful with them; singing to them, telling them stories, entertaining them. And the most wonderful thing is that it makes HER so happy - and to see my girls just GRIN at her is so special.

i just read my sister the comment about 'print out some of our MIL and family vents and thank her for NOT being like taht" - she laughed and said "there is nothing a mother would rather do than help her daughter with her children". So true - today my mother said to my girls 'i wish you lived here so you could crawl over for lunch"....

 

I agree with pp, a nice hand written letter would be extra special. And lunch is great and you can even send the letter to her home so she has something when she gets home and include some pics of her and the babies in the envelope so she still has a piece of her visit when she gets home.

 

Wow, what a great mother, I think just telling her that you love her would mean everything to her.
My mother is the same. She drives up every weekend (she lives 1 1/2 hours away) and brings me enough food for a month, whilst she looks after the babies for the day, my sister runs around cleaning my house and doing my washing, they have done so much that nothing I can say or do can repay them for what they have done.

 

I don't know if you scrapbook (I just started) but I made this for my mother right after I had the boys. I still haven't given it to her because I'm not done. But just an idea...

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t160/la...ano/momcopy.jpg