Mother’s Day gifts for birth moms are one of the most important gifts adoptive families get each year but also the hardest. I think it goes without saying that it’s a tough gift to shop for, even under the best of circumstances. While there is certainly no single present that will fit all birth moms, there are a number of Mother’s Day gift ideas for birth moms that fit a wide range of preferences, birth-adoptive family relationships, and general life circumstances.
Kicking off the month of May with a beach excursion post seems fitting. It has to be getting a little bit warmer right? Actually, we may not have what most people would consider great beach weather for at least another month or so. But that doesn’t stop us from getting out to the beach in southeast WI.
Every year, there are tons of unique Mother’s Day photo gift ideas articles. And every year, they have the same ideas, which frankly, aren’t very unique. A Shutterfly photo album. An Artifact Uprising set of square prints with a wood block. Don’t get me wrong. These are both great photo presents and are perfect for Mother’s Day. But you see these ideas everywhere. So I’m stepping outside of the box today and sharing a few unique Mother’s Day photo gifts you won’t see in most gift idea posts.
As of April 7, I’m 13 months into my braces journey. (As always, it’s not like I’m keeping track or anything.) If things keep moving on schedule (it seems like they have been thus far), I’m well past the halfway mark. Honestly, at this point, as long as I get them off before the end of 2018, I don’t care if I’m not exactly on track to finish right at 18 months. (I shouldn’t say that too loudly.) I keep thinking “this time next year, I won’t have braces,” which always makes me happy.
When I wrote my first post after one month with braces, I said that I would put together a small series of posts about my journey with braces as an adult. I’m not sharing monthly updates, full details about what I’m getting fixed, or lots of before/after shots. But I am writing updates every few months or so, discussing what this process is really like as an adult.
In that first post, I talked about why I need braces and why I decided to get braces in early 2017 after putting it off since HS. In short, I finally took the leap because I need a night guard for teeth grinding/clenching and can’t imagine wearing one with the way my teeth fit prior to braces. I’ve also finally reached a stage in my life where time, finances, and general life circumstances (i.e. no upcoming plans for a move) allow for braces, so I went for it.
