Author: The Hopeful Romantic

Lacy expected her husband to bring her breakfast in bed, daisies, chocolate-covered cherries or a lousy $2.50 card to help take the sting out of her empty nest on Mother’s Day. Instead, she got this: “You’re not my mom,” Lacy’s hub, Jon, snarked …
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Mothers Day Moments: Mothers Day Ideas

Happy Mother’s Day, a holiday approved at the very highest level of government. In fact, this year is the 100th anniversary of the first Mother’s Day proclamation made by President Woodrow Wilson — a tradition avidly followed by his successors.
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Mothers Day Moments: Mothers Day Ideas

If your mom taught you that a penny saved is a penny earned, she may appreciate these Mother’s Day 2014 freebies and deals. Through Sunday, May 11, Redbox users can reserve any select movie/game online and get $.50 off a select DVD. The list includes new …
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Mothers Day Moments: Mothers Day Ideas

You can hike for days at Northern California’s Resort at Squaw Creek San Luis Obispo’s Granada Hotel & Bistro has a hip mod-boudoir feel If Mom can’t travel far, head to Santa Monica’s sophisticated Palihouse If you’re feeling the need for a getaway either …
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Mothers Day Moments: Mothers Day Ideas

Because every woman has, or has had, a mother — and knows, if only through stories, her grandmaternal forebears as well — to become a mother is to step into a hall of mirrors. In its most essential state, however, motherhood involves a single, mutual …
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Mothers Day Moments: Mothers Day Ideas

(CNN)– I was 17 when my mother died of breast cancer. She was 42. It seemed old to me then. As a middle-aged mother myself now, I see it differently. Forty-two was impossibly young. I’ve spent more than half my life without my mother. Does it sound odd to …
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Mothers Day Moments: Mothers Day Ideas

As Mother’s Day turns 100 this year, it’s known mostly as a time for brunches, gifts, cards, and general outpourings of love and appreciation. But the holiday has more somber roots: It was founded for mourning women to remember fallen soldiers and work for …
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