Mami. Mima. Mamuchi. Memo. Mamita. Madre. Even if you're a tenth-generation Latina who doesn't speak a lick of Spanish, when it comes to your mother, we bet she has a beautiful nickname. We bet raising you is one of her proudest accomplishments. And we bet that she has sacrificed to insure you have a life of unlimited possibilities. Our mothers secretly and openly cheer us on to do the many things they could not do because of cultural or economic circumstances. Go for it, superate mija, they encourage us. Just don't stray too far from home, the family, and the traditions.
For Latinos, Mother's Day is one of the biggest gift-giving holidays of the year. Hallmark said its sales for Sinceramente Hallmark have nearly doubled in the last ten years, with more cards purchased for Mother's Day ideas than Christmas or Valentine's Day. Because our mothers do courageous, selfless, loving, unconditional things every day, on a regular basis, let this Mother's Day be one of appreciation and celebration. Check out our gift suggestions for Mother's Day ideas to show her how much you care.
Mother's Day Ideas
Wrap up Mama: Latina Daughters Celebrate Their Mothers, a wonderful book written by Maria Perez-Brown, is a compilation of affectionate, compelling stories revealing the many dynamics, troubles, and challenges of the mother-daughter relationship in Hispanic culture. Your mother will find it a comforting reassurance of things past and an invitation to a more fulfilling future.
Mother's Day Ideas
Prepare a Mother's day brunch. (Let her sleep in for breakfast.) Include some flowers, a carefully chosen card with a few carefully chosen words...and some chocolate. A bit cheesy, maybe, but this kind of cheese is good for your relationship.
Mother's Day Ideas
Make special coupons promising to do the chores she likes least. Laundry, kitchen clean-up, shopping, garbage detail—whatever it takes to unburden her a bit.
Mother's Day Ideas
Create a photo shoot. Set up a portrait studio in your home, at the park, by the lake, or anywhere with a great background. Grab your whole family and take a bunch of fun photos. Blow up the best one and buy a great frame. We guarantee it will become one of your mother's most precious possessions.
Mother's Day Ideas
Let's face it: you probably don't spend as much time with your mother as she would like you to. If that's the case, you probably couldn't get her a better gift than a night on the town with you. It doesn't have to be fancy dinner and a movie, just the two of you. The memory will warm her heart all year long.
Mother's Day Ideas
Send a beautiful bouquet of flowers to where your mom works. Not only will she be thrilled with the surprise, but she'll have something to brag about to all her coworkers.
Mother's Day Ideas
The most lasting gift, of course, would be to show our mothers, who love so powerfully, that we have learned their lessons of soothing away pain, easing away troubles, and wiping away tears—that we too will dedicate ourselves to teaching compassion, understanding, integrity, and wisdom. Our mothers deserve no less.
