Mother's Day

I cannot possibly think of a gift your mother would appreciate more than one showing pictures of you at different ages. That is not a self-serving gift at all - that is a wonderful gift. Are you doing the photo album on line or as a scrapbook project where you can add text - describing what/when as well as "I was so into X at that age" stuff? Kind regards,Dickons

No, I'm doing an old school photo album. Not a scrapbook per se... I'm not crafty, but the album I got has space to write captions for the photos.

Perfectly perfect! D

Anything you give her will be precious and an added bonus to knowing that you are alive. The photos will make a lovely present as well. When my son was living with us he bought me a card and chocolates on each Mother's Day. I was just happy spending the day with him and have kept the cards.

Thanks. I've always felt weird about "gifting" an item that was specifically requested of me, but trying to come up with something to give someone I barely know yet, but gave me life, is just near impossible! :)

You have already given the perfect gift which is her knowing you are alive.

Early on in my contact with my b-mom I made a point of asking her some "fluff" questions...questions that were decidedly lighter weight than the deep emotional adoption questions. The fluff included things like "what's your favorite color?" and "what's your favorite flower?"...that kind of thing. If you have that kind of intel it's fairly easy to come up with a gift that you haven't specifically been asked for, but that you also don't have to come up with without knowing anything about the other person. :evilgrin: All that said, your photo album / scrapbook project will likely take the cake. Best, PADJ