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Mother’s Day Last Minute Gifts and Giveaway

May 3, 2021

I hate the sound of the title Mother’s Day Last Minute Gifts, because you are buying a gift for your mother! It shouldn’t be last minute! But if you are like me, life is busy week to week so I tackle the upcoming weekend during the week prior. Thank goodness for Amazon Prime, the Paper Store and Target!

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But I do want to share some wonderful gift ideas I have this year to help your mom relax and enjoy some time relaxing this summer! I’m a little selfishly building my list based on what I want!

Poolside or Beach Days

Let’s start with some pool or beach day necessities! You can’t go wrong with a gift basket that includes a good book (audio version or hard copy), a sunhat, and a swimsuit wrap.

If you know your mother well enough, I would toss in one of these adorable Vintage swimsuits from Amazon. They are flattering for any body size.

A sunhat is just an adorable and fun accessory everyone should have in their closet! They are cute for the beach and also to protect you from skin cancer. Did you know May is skin cancer awareness month? Help protect your mom’s skin with one of these adorable sun hats for poolside, the beach, or any outdoor activity.

Simple Sarongs are A beautiful beach towel that easily buttons into a Simple Sarong. You can purchase a simple sarong directly from http://simplesarongs.com.

With cleverly placed button, these super soft beach towels easily create a fabulous swimsuit cover-up that is not only gorgeous, it’s super absorbent! Wear it around your waist, or wear it around your chest. And it easily works to accommodate sizes XS-XL.

The creator of Simple Sarongs has offered one of her wraps for a giveaway sarong of your choice. Check out the details below!

For the Moms Who Love Fitness

If you don’t have the budget for an apple watch, but you want to get a good fitness tracker, I have always been a fan of Fitbit. In fact, I am actually going to put this on my daughter’s birthday wish list this year!

Look at the colors! The features of this product is equal to what I use my apple watch for. So this is a great deal for mom.

- Play your favorite songs and playlists with Spotify app controls on your wrist.
- Also make secure purchases with Fitbit Pay and get called, text and smartphone app notifications.
- Track workouts in real-time with 20+ goal-based exercise modes.
- It’s swimproof and water resistant to 50M, so you can track swims, wear in the shower and more
- Get call, text, calendar and smartphone app notifications when your phone is nearby. Plus send quick replies and a voice replies on android only.

For the Moms Who Love To Read

I read so many different books. I am actually reading and listening to several different books right now. My current reads are below.

Did you know Oprah came out with a new book? I hadn’t heard about it and was surprised to see it pop up as a book suggestion in Audible.com.

Who doesn’t love to listen to the sound of Matthew McConaughey reading to you? This is a fun book to listen to.

I have yet to liken to Mike’s book. But Mike Rowe also has a voice that I could listen to for hours. Plus his stories are just so much fun to listen to!

One of my favorite weekly podcasts is The Holderness Family podcast. Kim and Penn’s lives are just like ours and I enjoy listening to the trials of parenting and being married during these crazy times.

I’m in need to break some old habits and develop new ones. Since I began working for myself there are new systems I want to put into place to help keep me organized and have productive, meaningful use of my time. But I think some of my inability to get one going is that I have some old habits I need to break so I can begin new ones.

When I got together with my girlfriends last week, the subject came up and my friend Heidi recommended this book to me. I can’t wait to put into practice what I am learning!

I can never go wrong with recommending one of Nicholas Sparks’ books. I love the lighthearted stories of love and heartache, but always ends happily ever after.

Enjoy Some Relaxation

I picture myself sitting in this swing while under our deck and in the shade of the summer sun while reading my book.

I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day.

I also like to always take a moment to think of those who lost their moms, and moms who may have lost a child. I know this holiday can be hard for you, and I just want you to know I’m thinking of you.

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Why Mother’s Day Is Special To Me

May 11, 2014

Mother’s Day is a special holiday for me. I couldn’t wait to be a mother, but that wasn’t easy for me. When my husband and I got married in 2002, I got sick. It took a long time to figure out what was wrong with me. Eventually, when we learned that I had kidney vasculitis, I had to take chemo-type medication and was told that our dream of trying to get pregnant had to be put on hold. I was devastated.

After many years of trying to get my disease under control, different medications, steroids, 2 kidney biopsies and lots of prednisone, my disease quieted down. Five years later, I pursued my quest to start our family. But that wasn’t easy either. We couldn’t get pregnant. So with the help of the UCONN Fertility Center, I was able to become a mother, twice!

So I love Mother’s Day. Especially now that my son, age 6 and daughter, age 5 make projects at school and secretly share with my husband that they have a surprise for me and can’t wait to give them to me. That is so precious and these are the gifts that are priceless! Everyday, I use the jewelry box that Adrienne made me last year.

This year I was able to enjoy the Mother’s Day Tea at Adrienne’s school (we are usually in Florida on Mother’s Day) and enjoy her little singing presentation and gift. Once again I received a priceless trinket box that Adrienne proudly presented to me at her school.

I also love that Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the grandmothers. I am so happy that I was able to make my mother a grandmother. I remember the day when I told her I was pregnant. I couldn’t wait to tell her! I had wanted that for sooo long! She loves her grandbabies and my kids LOVE spending time with her! My mother-in-law is also happy to have more grandbabies from her youngest son. It’s so awesome to give my kids the memories of time spent with their grandparents. I remember and cherish my memories of my grandparents. They are special memories.

I love being a mom! Some days it isn’t easy and some days there is no effort at all, but I love all the days that I have with my children. I remember vividly when I came home from the hospital with my son and my milk came in and my body was doing things I never knew it was going to do. What an overwhelming time that was! But with the help of my mom and my husband I got through it.

After my daughter was born, I struggled with postpartum depression. I didn’t really know I had it at the time, I thought I was just overwhelmed and hormonal with a newborn and a 16-month old very active little boy. But I got help and now I see the change in me and I feel that I am a much better mother. I was a good mother at the time, but I really struggled. I am feeling more confident as a parent now that they are getting older. I am seeing them maturing and making wise choices. I love how people comment on how much my son and daughter love each other. It makes me proud to know that we are raising them right!

I can’t imagine life without them now. I vaguely remember what life was like before them, but I would much rather live with these little amazing kids in my life who teach me something every day. They make me very proud. There is no manual that comes with being a mom. I call out to my mom often for advice and recommendations, and I use her model from raising us as part of how I raise my children.

My cousin sent me this awesome card the other day and I was so touched. I guess I am doing something right!

I try every day to be a good role model to my children. Many times I will hear them say something and it is a carbon copy of something I say to them! (Sometimes good, sometimes not! lol). When I go out for a run, my daughter likes to put on her “workout clothes” and sneakers and pretend she is going out for a run. I tried taking them for a run with me once. We will need to work on that. I enjoy seeing them watching me and seeing my positive habits as something that is part of my lifestyle and will help them live a healthier lifestyle also.

They also enjoy when I go away on race trips with my friends. They mostly like it because they get an exclusive weekend with their dad who they don’t get to see as much as me. I hope I am teaching them about friendships and how it is good to have friends and support friends and how friends can support you with your goals and endeavors. When I did the Walt Disney World marathon this year I explained to them that I was helping a friend reach a goal and sometimes it isn’t about getting your best race finish time, but helping someone else achieve something they worked hard for. Then for the Providence marathon, a friend helped me achieve my best race time. I like how I can take my personal experiences and turn them into life lessons for them.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Mother Runner Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

May 3, 2014

So what does a mother runner love for Mother’s Day? Here are a few ideas of what I would love!

A Disney gift card – always useful for the expo or race-related purchases like food during race weekend or towards a room.

Gear – moms always love new gear. A gift card to Amazon is a perfect idea. (See the trend here?)

Southwest gift card. No explanation needed.

Apple iTunes gift card for new tunes for long or short runs.

Registration to Jeff Galloway’s e-coaching. You can’t go wrong with that!

Jeff Galloway books or other running related inspirational stories. I am currently reading Stronger by Jeff Bauman.

Running jewelry or mother runner jewelry.

Massage – Nothing says I Love you Mom better than a gift certificate for a massage so mom can recover those sore hard working muscles!

Pedicure – Runner mothers probably don’t have the prettiest feet. So help her make them summer ready and give her some time to be pampered with a pedicure!

Being taken out for breakfast and flowed with a homemade card is always the perfect gift too!

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