Best Mom in the World  trophy.

• This trophy is 4" x 11" x 2.5"

Our trophies are made in the USA with a hard plastic metallic statue and column, a marble base, and engraved metal plaque.

19.25 in. x 15 in.
8 oz. lightweight canvas
cinched cotton webbing handles
gusset base with folded corner detail
double stitched top seam
interior loose patch pocket

From the New York Times bestselling author of Alternate Side, Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life makes a perfect gift for any occasion.

“Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live . . . to love the journey, not the destination.”

In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to “get a life”—to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to exist through your days. “Knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us,” Quindlen writes, “because unless you know the clock is ticking, it is so easy to waste our days, our lives.” Her mother died when Quindlen was nineteen: “It was the dividing line between seeing the world in black and white, and in Technicolor. The lights came on for the darkest possible reason. . . . I learned something enduring, in a very short period of time, about life. And that was that it was glorious, and that you had no business taking it for granted.” But how to live from that perspective, to fully engage in our days? In A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Quindlen guides us with an understanding that comes from knowing how to see the view, the richness in living.

This little book contains fill-in-the-blank lines to describe why your mom’s the best. Just complete each line and voilà: you have a uniquely personal gift mom will read again and again. Make it as hilarious, honest, or heartfelt as you choose!

112 pages. Hardcover. Removable clear plastic jacket. Measures 4.5" x 3.25"

 

Mom tattoo enamel pin. 1 inches wide. White background with gold outline and lettering. Black Rubber Backer  

 

Irreverent, thought-provoking, hilarious, and edgy: a collection of personal stories celebrating motherhood, featuring #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jenny Lawson and Jennifer Weiner, and many other notable writers.

Listen to Your Mother is a fantastic awakening of why our mothers are important, taking readers on a journey through motherhood in all of its complexity, diversity, and humor. Based on the sensational national performance movement, Listen to Your Mother showcases the experiences of ordinary people of all racial, gender, and age backgrounds, from every corner of the country. This collection of essays celebrates and validates what it means to be a mother today, with honesty and candor that is arrestingly stimulating and refreshing. The stories are raw, honest, poignant, and sometimes raunchy, ranging from adoption, assimilation to emptying nests; first-time motherhood, foster-parenting, to infertility; single-parenting, LGBTQ parenting, to special-needs parenting; step-mothering; never mothering, to surrogacy; and mothering through illness to mothering through unsolicited advice. Honest, funny, and heart-wrenching, these personal stories are the collective voice of mothers among us. Whether you are one, have one, or know one, Listen to Your Mother is an emotional whirlwind that is guaranteed to entertain, amuse, and enlighten.

Give your Mom the gift of gratitude. Give her the gift of the stories you share, written in your own words. Whether you choose to complete this book in an afternoon or over the course of many days, when you’re finished, it will be a personal keepsake she will treasure for years to come. Hardcover. 7”H x 5.75”W. 64 pages