<p>I figured some of you guys... the ones with experience... would be able to help me out.</p>
<p>I'm a high school senior who is going to college three hours from home. Not an obscenely long distance, but for an only child of a single mother, it's going to be a difficult adjustment for both of us to be living on our own. It's been just us for the past fifteen years, and while she doesn't seem too upset that I'm going away, I can tell that she's holding back for my benefit. I wanted to give her something for Mother's Day that showed her how much I appreciate all she's done for me throughout my childhood, especially since I won't be around every day come August... I just wasn't sure what to do. I need something sentimental but not too sappy. A friend mentioned writing her letters for when I'm gone... but that just seems way too morbid and sad. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Honestly, if I were your mom (I’m a girl), I’d love to get like a charm bracelet, and the charms on there remind you of good/funny/sentimental times you’ve had together. It’s something she can wear every day that reminds her of you.</p>
<p>Thanks! That’s a great idea, but I’ll probably have trouble finding the charms before Sunday. Any other ideas? Maybe something I can make/write in addition to the purchased gifts?</p>
<p>why don’t you get a picture of you and her when you were younger, or something from the past of when you were a kid. Scan the picture and type happy mothers day on the pic when you edit it, and send it by email. When she opens it, she will remember it and may shed a tear.</p>
<p>Make her a customized gift basket with things you know she likes: novels she’s been meaning to read, favorite baked goods, favorite beauty products, pretty stationary so you guys can write to each other in the future (just as a token even if you guys really aren’t big letter writers), a favorite framed picture, etc.</p>