{"id":498,"date":"2013-05-01T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/?p=498"},"modified":"2015-05-04T10:43:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T15:43:33","slug":"the-best-question-to-ask-your-mom-this-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/staging\/6885\/2013\/05\/01\/the-best-question-to-ask-your-mom-this-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Question to Ask Your Mom This Mother\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PinkFlowerPin\"<\/a>What would make Mom\u2019s day? If you\u2019re in the midst of shopping and preparing for Mother\u2019s Day, that question is probably on your mind. And maybe you\u2019ve even asked the mom in your life that question directly (or had it asked of you). But asking that question doesn\u2019t always make the celebration any easier. Often we get stuck in the rut of following the clich\u00e9s. Flowers. Perfume. Breakfast in bed or brunch at a hotel. Those might all be nice, yet it\u2019s hard not to think that mom occasionally deserves something better. Getting to what would be better, or best, is the challenge.<\/p>\n

So what if you asked a different question instead? What if you asked your mom (or grandmother or mother-in-law) this question: what is one thing you\u2019ve dreamed of doing, but haven\u2019t done yet?<\/p>\n

A friend told me that she recently asked her own mom, who is widowed and feeling the effects of age, that very question. She\u2019s eager to hear the answer and actually gave her mother a deadline because she wants the opportunity to give her mom the gift of a dream come true. I\u2019m interested to hear what comes of that \u2013 for both of them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not suggesting that everyone needs to break their Mother\u2019s Day budget on an extravagant gift. But I do think that even the act of asking that question and then attentively listening to the answer could be a great gift to both you and your mom (and I also think it is an excellent question to be asking of fathers too, when their day comes).<\/p>\n

Or ask her a question about her dreams in the past: what did you want most to do when you were a kid, or a teenager, or before you had kids? Moms lead complex lives, but we often see them in only one dimension \u2013 as \u201cMom.\u201d Asking this question provides an opportunity for Mom to reminisce and share about herself as a whole person. You may learn something new about her. You may come to appreciate her in a new way. And she will appreciate being given the attention and chance to share her stories.<\/p>\n

Asking Mom about her dreams, and listening to her answers, can be a powerful way to show you love her. And it just might inspire a gift for Mother\u2019s Day, whether it\u2019s in time for this year or next.<\/p>\n

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What would make Mom\u2019s day? If you\u2019re in the midst of shopping and preparing for Mother\u2019s Day, that question is probably on your mind. And maybe you\u2019ve even asked the mom in your life that question directly (or had it asked of you). But asking that question doesn\u2019t always make the celebration any easier. Often…<\/p>\n

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