Happy Friday!
I love how this sweet poem speaks to the HUGE impact a mother can make.
To Mother
You painted no Madonnas
On chapel walls in Rome,
But with a touch diviner,
You lived one in your home.
You wrote no lofty poems
That critics counted art,
But with a nobler vision,
You lived them in your heart.
You carved no shapeless marble
To some high-souled design,
But with a finer sculpture,
You shaped this soul of mine…
-Thomas W. Fessenden
This week’s I of I is all about some gift ideas to show appreciation for how you can make the mamas in your life feel special and appreciated, or you can forward this email on to your husband with a wink wink for your gift 😉
Ideas for Intentionality
I broke the gift items up into what your Mama or MIL or you 😛 might be into:
Healthy Mama: Just Ingredients is doing a BIG SALE for Mother’s Day and it ends tonight! There are 4 new electrolyte flavors (I grabbed the raspberry lemonade) and some new face/lip scrubs which would make a fun gift. You get 20% off on new products, and you can use GIRLTEACHME10 for 10% off all other products.
Home Design Lover Mom: I sat down at a local bookshop and thumbed through this book for a long time. You can forward this request to my husband. 😂
Reader Mama: Have a reader mama? Ah, this book is SOOO inspirational and will call any woman higher to live BIG for Jesus. The author takes 7 different biographies of amazing women and puts them all in one book.
Foodie Mama: Does your mama love to cook or want to jump on the sourdough train? Here is a fun starter kit that will help the loaves look beautiful and here is a recipe book that has finally made sourdough easier for me. The one thing they really need for this cookbook is a good scale.
Practical Mama: This water bottle is perfect if you like the function of the Stanley, but don’t want the metal.
I ❤️ Shoes Mama: These sandals have awesome padding. And a good price! I walked a mile in these this week and my feet still felt great after. I am tempted to get these in the other colors I like them so much!
Mama with Littles: I have heard great things about these inexpensive glasses and being a mama with littles means sunglasses may not last forever🙃
Headache Prone Mama: My kids get a kick out of the massage roller and I find them massaging each other’s faces 😂. This thing feels divine on a hot day with a headache on my forehead.
Sending love,
Lana
P.S. This was a wonderful podcast (apple link)(spotify link) on the power of motherhood with one of my all-time favorite women to learn from online. I also pre-ordered her new book that launches May 7th and I can’t wait to get it this week.
Pregnant P.S. I wanted to give you a peak inside my course, so I loaded one hidden YT video up just for you. So much about fear can keep us from breathing deeply, but God wants us to breathe deeply and surrender even in birth. 🫶
Sending extra deep love this week to all you mamas!
We are doing eternal, irreplaceable work. 🫶🫶🫶
“A mother is a chalice, the vessel without which no human being has ever been born.” -Elisabeth Elliot