Whether you're showering Mom with gifts, or presenting her a fresh bouquet from the garden, one thing that's for certain is the time you spend together is what's really valuable.
We've compiled our best tips to help you honour your mother: from a downloadable breakfast-in-bed, to the perfect table setting, to 50 ways to let your mom know you love her.
Mother's Day checklistDon't forget this important checklist when you make breakfast in bed for Mom on Mother's Day.
Be prepared for Mother's Day this year. Need a reminder on the fridge? Click here to download our printable Mother's Day Breakfast in Bed Checklist to create a Mother's Day morning Mom will love.
Mother's Day lunch tabletopCreate a Mother's Day tabletop your mom won't soon forget with fresh flowers and feminine tableware.
Mother's Day is the perfect occasion for a dreamy, springlike table. Choose a light and simple colour scheme - whites, creams and soft neutral shades work well together, and will make the tabletop look fresh and pretty. Keep the background clean and understated. Use a plain white cloth, or leave the table bare; then add decoration in the form of scalloped white plates and feminine glassware.
Famous Canadian moms we loveFrom Nelly Furtado to, yes, Rebecca Eckler, here are just a few Canadian yummy mummies that we think are stellar.
Nelly Furtado: This gorgeous pop star from Victoria, B.C., has been heating up the music charts, but she still keeps it real with her daughter, Nevis. Nelly Furtado has gone on record many times to say how having had a baby made her feel more, not less, confident about her body and sexy curves.
Treat Mom like a queenFind out what mothers across Canada are putting on their Mother's Day wish lists.
We asked you to tell us what you really want, and don't want, for Mother's Day. So far almost 1500 mothers have bared their souls. According to you, your loved ones can't go wrong with a spa day, breakfast in bed, dark chocolate, dinner out and family time.
10 ways to make Mother's Day specialGet some creative ideas for getting your mom out of the house and spoiling her this year.
All mothers deserve to be acknowledged every day of the year. But if you haven't yet decided on how to make yours feel extra-special on Mother's Day, consider undertaking one -- or perhaps even two or three -- of the following 10 ideas.
Remember Mom: Mother's adviceRead our shining examples that prove Mother knows best.
Hers is the voice of reason in times of chaos. She provides words of comfort when, it seems, all hope is lost, sensitivity when others show indifference. A mother can be wise, supportive and humourous, and her advice is often alarmingly simple and sensible.
How to strengthen your daughter/mother bondTips to help mothers and daughters improve and strengthen their relationships.
The mother-daughter relationship is so important to most women, yet it can often be fraught with hurt, disappointment, disconnection, anger or conflict. Here are some ideas to improve your mother-daughter relationship.
Appreciating Mom: 50 ways to say I love youReaders share unique and creative ways they show the people in their lives that they care.
Get a large clear jar with a lid from the dollar store. Make 100 small strips of paper and write on them reasons why you love him -- some serious and some funny.
The meaning of "Mom"Share in one woman's untraditional and heart-warming story of how she learned what a mother's love really is.
The day I graduated from university, I understood for the first time how lucky I really am. Looking around the table where we had gathered to celebrate, I saw six familiar faces and counted each a blessing.
20 funny secrets from a stay-at-home momHumour writer Kathy Buckworth on why being a stay-at-home mom is so annoying....oh, er, satisfying!
The title "stay at home" is a passive-aggressive term. There is nothing flattering, glamorous or remotely attractive about the word "stay." "Too Much Woman to Be Confined to a Cubicle Farm" works better.
What moms want: How to make her Mother's Day specialHow to make her Mother's Day special.
It's not easy for Mom to look genuinely delighted when Dad and the kids, all full of smiles and secrets and pride, hand her (for the fourth year in a row) the infamous Mother's Day fuzzy pale pink terry bathrobe with matching slippers.
Becoming momFind out how one mother comes to terms with being the adult.
Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I'm amazed to find a 36-year-old woman staring back at me and not the five-year-old, who so recently mastered the art of colouring inside the lines; not the nine-year-old, who turned cartwheels as much as she walked; not even the 17-year-old, who wondered how to handle a flirtatious teacher. Instead, I face the reflection of a moth-eaten, weather-beaten traveller at least a third of her way into the journey.
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