Pbenjay's Blog

Did you get a traditional gift?  Did your kids bring you breakfast in bed? Maybe Dad is going to take Mom and the kids out to dinner. When grown-up kids go home, they often bring a bouquet of flowers or a plant to their mother.  Last Saturday I saw a young man with a box of Whitman chocolates in his grocery cart.  Mother’s Day cards were flying off the shelves across the country.  Hallmark was happy, FTD was happy, it’s nice to know how much happiness we Mothers can spread around!  Then there’s the daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law gift and that often falls into the lovely scarf category and the dutiful From Both of Us card.

Anyone who knows me (and most of you do) know that the traditional and ordinary are not for me….after all, I have a daughter named Chiara not Mary,  a granddaughter named Finley Ray, not Anne, a cottage with a raspberry colored wall in the living room, a vanity plate on not one but two  cars in two states and a set of mismatched (on purpose!) set of bakelite flatware.  And so what did my dear children give me?

Son Joel called from California,  adopted daughter Christine called from Washington DC, my sister called, my sister-in-law called, daughter Lizzy called from California. daughter Chiara called from Boston, granddaughter Finny made a video call and wished “Happy Mommy Day GiGi” – Lordy, that WAS cute.  Nothing so unusual there at all, in fact downright expected wouldn’t you say? BUT, BUT, my son-in-law Tom, well he truly saved the day! This is what I got for Mother’s Day…..

Milk and Cookies for Mom

YES ! Only in New York City – Milk and Cookies delivered to Mom! Open the box and omg a dozen gourmet cookies, each one as big as a scone!

Monster Cookies

Each cookie must weigh at least a half pound – indeed they do!

Tom, you are the BEST and thank you so much for making this Mother’s Day special.