Mother’s Day is right around the corner. Finding the right way to celebrate can be a little tricky. For those still unsure, here are a few local ideas that you and your mom may love!
Take a Mother Earth Walk with Your Mother
Spring is in full force now and whether it be enjoying the symmetry of open and closed tulips, the greenery of a forest that is awakening, or the spacious blue skies, what better time can be spent with your mother than to enjoy nature together during a walk? The inside of tulips look almost like a kaleidoscope. When night comes, marvel at the moon and night sky together.
Get Brunch To-Go
Setting up reservations for a Mother’s Day brunch has been a time-honored tradition, and while some restaurants are still doing this, others are offering Mother’s Day specials for carry-out and outdoor dining. There are a variety of restaurants you and mom can check out!
The Gandy Dancer’s “Moms Deserve The Best ” special includes a prix fixe menu with a choice of starter and dessert as well as entrees featuring seafood or meat.
Cafe Zola offers international French, Italian, and Mediterranean selections like delectable crepes “Frittata Zola” and “Turkish Eggs.”
First Bite promotes more health-conscious fare and also offers delivery through the various services. Mom will surely enjoy First Bite’s Arbor Avocado Toast, Chicken Curry with brown rice, or Fluffy French Toast. Treat her to a Caramel Cappuccino for her special day as well.
Everest Sherpa, which offers yummy Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan food is having a special 20% off on Mother’s Day.
Pamper Mom
Pamper Mom with some unique treatments and products. They’re the perfect way to relax and rejuvenate after all she does.
Liberty Athletic club offers therapeutic and relaxation massages and states that “massage therapists work with you to create the best possible service using a combination of Swedish, relaxation, deep tissue, and myofascial release.” Liberty offers both members and non-members 60-minute rates.
Lily Grace Cosmetics and Spa at 306 S. Main Street offers facials, masks, massages, and mani/pedis.
Jessica’s Apothecary’s slogan is “Where Relaxation Meets Results” and offers facials and virtual consultations. It’s located at 415 N. Main Street. .
Attend Some Unique Local Events
Detroit/Ann Arbor KOA will celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with tea parties, fondue, and more! Enjoy a day with the family with games and arts and crafts at the KOA location at 6680 Bunton Rd in Ypsilanti. The event takes place all Mother’s Day weekend, from May 7 to 9.
Mother’s Day “Time to Teal” is being presented on Sunday, May 9 by the Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance from 1 to 3pm. The event brings participants on a guided tour of special local businesses in downtown Ann Arbor. Each stop includes a special Mother’s Day surprise as well as information about ovarian cancer. Check out their website for more information.
Write a Love Sonnet to Mom or Create Art for Mom
A mother’s love is like no other. Why not write a love sonnet or create some beautiful art for your mother? A love sonnet has 14 lines. The rhyme scheme of the first quatrain can end like ABAB. The second quatrain uses different words in its rhyme pattern like CDCD, still alternating. The third quatrain needs yet different rhyming words in its scheme such as EFEF. Now you have 4 times 3 lines that equal 12. So you need the final two lines, called a couplet, where the final ending words rhyme, such as GG.
Here is a sample with a poem I wrote for my mother, but it could really be a gift to all mothers.
Mother, you have shown us the meaning of love
With your patience and little ways and care
Peace is also your beautiful nature, like a dove
You strive always to be gentle and fair
When I think of angels and saints I think of you
You always know the most positive words to say
And your actions are always thoughtful in all you do
You practice what you preach and show me the way
I once called you mommy and still am so proud
All you have taught me throughout all my years
I want to tell you how much I love you out loud
You have been with me through joy and tears
Happy Mother’s Day today and every day
Thank you for your teachings and for showing us how to play
