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Mother's Day: Gift ideas for a single mom
Is your best friend a single mom? Mother’s Day is a great time to let a hardworking single mom know you appreciate her, and you don’t have to run to the mall to do it.
My top 7 gifts for a single mother:
1. A weekend of baby-sitting. Single moms often have very little “Me” time. You can get creative and make your own baby-sitting coupon and stick it in a card.
2. Offer to take some pictures of your friend with her little one, and create a photo collage. I have so many pictures of my daughter, but so few of us together. It’s nice to have someone capture some of those everyday moments.
3. A manicure and pedicure gift certificate. (But again, offer to baby-sit so she doesn’t have to drag the kids to the salon)
4. Get a calendar and fill it with free summer activities for kids happening in the area. Every time that mom is short of ideas she can reach for the calendar.
5. A CD or downloads of inspirational songs that celebrate motherhood. (I like Fantasia’s “Baby Mama”)
6. Offer to help her organize. Homework, bills, junk mail. She might appreciate having someone she trusts help her purge.
7. Cook a few family size meals and zap them in her freezer.
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Comments
This is a really nice list! It's a great idea too, because a single mom whose child is too small to know about Mother's Day yet probably feels a little left out of things.
(Also, it would probably be impossible to track down, but there's this song called "Little Little" by an Australian singer named Jenny Morris that makes me tear up every time I hear it, and I don't even have kids!)
Posted by: Amy's Stocking Stuffers | May 7, 2009 11:16 AM
Hey, Georgia!
I think these are great ideas. We often forget that mothers' day gifts for single moms require little more thought (i.e. #3).
Take care,
D
Posted by: Balanced Melting Pot | May 8, 2009 3:24 PM
It would be wonderful to have Mom back.
Happy Mothers Day to all who still have more than a memory.
Posted by: Sally - a Lego Sweetheart | May 18, 2009 12:53 PM
Great ideas! Any busy single mother would surely enjoy any of these gift ideas.
Posted by: Karla | July 4, 2009 6:46 PM