What is a mother? As someone who has spent more than half my life without a mom I’ve leaned on all kinds of surrogates over the years. Friends, moms of friends, a mosaic of mothering from women (and men) throughout my life. To me, a mom is anyone who supports you and tells you you’re special. Someone who is accepting but demanding in the same complicated warm cocktail.
So why celebrate what we get from “moms” with what feels homogenous and stereotypical and archaic? This year, I’m challenging us to acknowledge all of our “moms.” And instead of rushing to the instant gratification of checking “gift-giving off your list” …dig deeper. If you were to measure your “gift” by the amount of time you put into giving it or thought behind it, here’s how things stack up: Amazon candles? Cold! Instagram socks? Cold. A thoughtful text message? Warmer.... A phone call? Warmer still. Your time? Bingo!
As an overly scheduled business owner and mother of two myself, here’s exactly how I would recommend gifting “time”:
And if the pandemic or distance is keeping you from spending the day with your mom, we’ve got some creative suggestions to beat the dreaded Amazon candle. Below are some picks from our favorite female-founded companies that can help mom relax and enjoy her day:
It’s temperature made personal: the perfect peace offering to end the thermostat wars this Mother’s Day.
Moms have enough to worry about. Take food allergies off their plate with Allergy Amulet, food allergy detection in real-time.
Just because they’re a mother doesn’t mean they don’t need tools for birth control. We love Emme’s innovative solution for keeping womxn on track.
Because Mom needs a little “me time” too…
We want to acknowledge womxn and mothers of all kinds every day and especially today. Thank you for being superheroes. Now go call your mother or even better… go clean the bathroom.
Register below for our upcoming Women’s Health conference to meet the founders and CEOs of Embr, Emme, Crave, and Lioness.
