Daddy Days: The difficulty of Mother’s Day gifts
Caleb Harris
It’s hard to write a Mother’s Day themed column. Like so many Mother’s Day gifts, the story angles seem trite and overdone. When I asked the boys what they wanted to do for Mother’s Day, their answers were a standard menagerie of Mother’s Day things: make breakfast, get flowers, buy her a coffee cup.
I say almost because the 2-year-old responded to, “what should we do for Mother’s Day?” with, “My birthday!” Can’t tell if he’s very self-centered or cleverly picking up on the fact that without him (and his brothers) there would be no Mother’s Day for Mom. I’ll have to keep an eye on this one …