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\"gift\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I remember my Mother everyday but especially on Mother’s day.\u00a0 Mother’s day is Sunday May 8th and this story by Lori Borgman <\/a>hits so close to home,\u00a0 it made me really miss my Mom.<\/p>\n

My mother was a giver. The woman loved to give. The occasion never mattered \u2013 weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, Ground Hog Day, Arbor Day or no occasion at all.<\/p>\n

She was always thinking about who might enjoy what. She once bought a deluxe toy firetruck that had flashing lights, sirens and a ladder, and kept it on a closet shelf for months until a nephew retired from the fire department.<\/p>\n

She always wrapped her gifts with loveliness and care. Sometimes she\u2019d take wedding gifts to the gift wrap counter at the department store thinking they could do a better job. She didn\u2019t really believe they could do a better job, she was just checking to make sure her own skills still rivaled theirs.<\/p>\n

Thoughtfulness and creativity went into the gifts she gave and she appreciated a thank you note. Once she sent out a note to family members, her own deadbeat children and grandchildren who had not acknowledged gifts, stating that they were now on her \u201cFecal Roster\u201d and would not be removed until she had received a proper thank you.<\/p>\n

Even if you were a cad and didn\u2019t send a thank you, she\u2019d give you another gift the next chance she had. She figured bad manners were your problem, not hers.
\nThe funny thing is, she didn\u2019t come from a gift-giving background. She grew up in a large farm family during the Depression. She said she used to dread going back to school after Christmas because the teacher would always have them write about what they got for Christmas. Not being the sort to wallow in self-pity, my mother made up some fine stories brimming with an opulence unknown to the county.<\/p>\n

She taught us to give, too. She told us not to be cheap or cut corners\u2014and those weren\u2019t suggestions; they were orders.<\/p>\n

Every time Mom and Dad drove over to visit, there would be a ritual with all of us gathering in the driveway as they unloaded luggage and \u201ca few things\u201d she threw in for the family. There was always something for the kids, often a big container of homemade chocolate chip cookies or a couple of bags of candy that I said would rot their teeth and, quite frankly, was too cheap to buy. \u00a0They weren\u2019t gifts for any particular occasion, they were simply \u201cIsn\u2019t life great?\u201d gifts.<\/p>\n

My mother wasn\u2019t a schmaltzy person, but one spring when they came to visit, she handed me a gift bag billowing with tissue paper. Inside was an etching on glass that read: \u201cA Special Daughter. So many of the good times we remember from the past happened because of you. You\u2019ve brought laughter and joy to our lives and so much love to our hearts. The most precious things we can wish for you are the things you have given us . . . Happiness and Love.\u201d<\/p>\n

She mentioned that she\u2019d given one to my sister-in-law as well.<\/p>\n

Not long after that visit, Mom suffered a brain aneurysm and died.<\/p>\n

Mom was a great gift giver, but the gifts we will always remember her for were her love for life and her love for us.<\/p>\n

Happy Mother’s Day Mom to all the Mom’s out there!!<\/p>\n

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