(MS) - It is often said that it's difficult to measure the immense love a mother has for her children. Until a woman becomes a mother herself, it's challenging to convey just how the heart expands in order to comfort and love the child that she helped create.
With all that Mom does day in, day out and week after week, it seems that only one day dedicated to thanking her for all the tears she's dried, smiles she's shared, and sniffles she's sat through just isn't enough. Still, that's what families across the country do once a year in May.
Just because Mother's Day comes and goes rather quickly, the gifts and gestures offered to Mom can last much longer. Why not try some of these ideas?
· Help others in need: Explain to Mom how her help throughout the years has inspired you to help others less fortunate. Give her a token of your thanks, but say that you're also donating time or money in her name for mothers who aren't as lucky as she. Perhaps there's a battered women's more»