If ever there was a Mother's Day to spoil the woman who gave birth to you, this is it.
Mother's Day 2021 -- which is tomorrow, Sunday, May 9th, for those of you living under a rock -- is shaping up to be more important than ever.
We may all have pandemic fatigue, but one thing COVID has taught us is to cherish those near and dear to us.
And there's no one more near and dear than mom.
British Columbia is better off than many other jurisdictions that have stricter COVID lockdowns, so seeing mom may actually be an option for families living within the three regions (Interior and North, Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland-Fraser Valley), outside of which non-essential travel is banned.
What most moms want is to spend time with her children, regardless of their age.
So that opens up a bunch of free options like a walk, hike or bike with mom or making her breakfast in bed or a special brunch, lunch or dinner at home.
Or if getting away from small and tiring kids would benefit mom, send her off for a peaceful mani-pedi.
If COVID-related travel, social gathering and physical distancing rules make it tricky to be with mom, consider the alternatives.
Make sure to send your love and a gift, offer a rain check for a visit and connect with her, be it a mailed card, email, text, phone call, FaceTime or Zoom.
A survey by financial advice website Finder shows Canadians will spend an average of $111 on Mother's Day, a $15 hike over previous years.
That makes Mother's Day the most shopped holiday behind only Christmas.
$111 can buy mom a lot of flowers (by far the No. 1 Mother's Day gift), chocolate, brunch, jewelry or kitchen and gardening gadgets.
Of course, spending varies depending on whether it's dad helping small children shop, teenagers on a budget spending their own money or adult children splurging or economizing.
Generally, sons spend more, an average of $123, than daughters at an average of $99.
Of course, some may say that's because sons are men and men are notorious last-minute shoppers with a tendency to overpay for things.
