Insider Insight … About the Makings of a Good Mother’s Day Gift

“Good Mother’s Day gifts are like geometry class where you are required to show your work in order to get credit.”

Thoughts provide by an actual mom (and comedian), Anita Renfroe, writing for CNN. So on the one hand, gifts should demonstrably show time, thought, and effort on the giver’s behalf. On the other, Renfroe says Mother’s Day gifts don’t have to get more complicated than this:

Let me tell you what most every mother would really love this Mother’s Day: a kiss, a hug and a nap.

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