One of the best Mother’s Day ideas for the widowed mom can be sharing old memories while creating new ones. While time permits gather pictures from each generation. With very little effort and minimal expense one of the best Mother’s Day gift ideas for any mom can be created.
Simply select the best pictures of you with your mother. Create a time line of events from the pictures. Then, look through your pictures with your children. All parents have a picture of the new born. Most have pietures of the baby taking a bath. Show me a mother that doesn’t have a potty training picture!
With the second generation (you) with your child, match as closely as possible the pictures of you with your mother. If by chance you are a grandmother, ask your daughter or daughter-in-law to provide you with similar pictures of her with your grandbaby.
Of course, the widowed mother or the older mother will have the longest timeline of pictures with the children and grandchildren. Below each of those pictures lay out the pictures of you with your child (and grandchild) for as far as they will go. Then, do the same with each generation.
Naturally, the first timeline will be the longest with each successive timeline of pictures being shorter. Create a scrapbook of memories, leaving room to add to all the picture timelines. Imagine how exciting this will be to add to over time and to pass from generation to generation.
Widows and/or grandmothers will appreciate the effort. In fact, after receiving this family gift they may be able to add pictures from the generation that preceded them. Think how much this gift could mean to future generations! Be certain to correctly identify the pictures and the people in them — with full name and a little description. When future generations want to search the family tree they will have a great pictoral narrative with which to begin.
This is truly one of the best Mother’s Day gift ideas for the widowed mom or the grandmother. Just be sure to keep it in the family.
