Whether it’s managing a busy home or looking out for everyone around them, moms spend a lot of time every day caring for others.
Gift guides always go straight to “stuff, ” but the best Mother’s Day gift I’ve done was just taking over a chore she hates for a month. For my mom, it was scheduling all the annoying appointments.
Look — “I’ll take over the annoying thing you hate” is the only Mother’s Day gift that doesn’t end up in a drawer by June. I did this for my mum one year and handled all the insurance/utility phone calls for a month, and she still talks about it like I performed witchcraft.
100% this. My mom still brings up the year I just became the “tech support + phone call guy” and dealt with the cable company for her like it was a heroic quest, which is hilarious because it cost me $0 and like two mildly annoying afternoons.
