Not all of us are fortunate to live next door to our parents.
While some have parents living several states away, some of us have Moms and Dads located several thousand miles away, across oceans, on the other side of the world.
Most often than not Hubby and I get to spend time with our parents at least once a year for a little close to a month. (Practically nothing, right? I don’t even want to put myself in my Mom’s shoes. Seeing my children for just a few days in a year, once a year? …Ouch, that stings!)
So though we’re oceans apart, we do our best to involve our parents in our lives as best as we can,
Showing Mom and Dad we care…from across the miles.
Long Distance Acts of Love…
1. Send Mom/Dad an email or Facebook message them with little buzz snippets from your life and yes, splatter it with lots of “I Love You”s!
2. Work with a friend to arrange to have a surprise love basket dropped on their doorstep with a special note of love from you. (I know we have all these floral services that work across the continents but it’s just not the same as getting a basket filled with hand-picked goodies you know your parent would love.)
3. Pick up the phone to just say you love them, appreciate them or re-live a special childhood memory of something special they did for you. (It warms a parent’s heart to see you acknowledge something they did for you years ago.)
4. If your Mom/Dad has just undergone surgery. Sign up with the CaringBridge Support Planner.
This way even if you’re miles away you can help. The Support Planner basically acts like your virtual hand to rally friends and family in the locality to help provide meals to tide him/her through that crucial period of rest and recovery.
What a wonderful way to be there for your parent, even though you’re miles away!
Get creative!
You know what would put a smile on your parent’s face, so get to it!!
Share your heart…and you could win an iPad mini for you and Mom/Dad!!
While you’re at it, why don’t you share with the folks at CaringBridge how you’re showing Mom/Dad you love them in the Share Your Heart contest?
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Here’s what you need to do…
1. Share the fun, unique, interesting, moving, heart melting ways you show love, support and gratitude to the special people in your life. (Not just your parents. It can be anybody!!) This may be through a photograph, video or message, on the Share Your Heart site.
2. And get your friends, family and practically anyone you know to vote for your entry, once every 24 hours!
You only have till tomorrow (March 1, 2013) to get those entries in so, hurry!!
And then get all your friends, family, acquaintances, the newspaper delivery guy and the lady next door to vote for your entry!! (Voting ends March 6, 2013)
Remember the prize?
I’m sure Mom/Dad would love that, right?
And even if you don’t win the Grand Prize, CaringBridge will be picking 10 additional winners to receive a 20$ gift certificate from Pear Tree Greetings.
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To read about the awesome work CaringBridge does, read this post.
Now, before you hop away to enter the contest…
would you tell me how you show your parents you love them?
**EBMR Disclaimer: Though I’ve been compensated to share information on the Share Your Heart contest, this organization is one that’s very dear to my heart. All opinions in this post are all mine.**
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My girls show me they love me by making welcome signs for me when I come home from trips
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Great post! I miss sharing with my Mom and Dad!! My kids love to share hugs and kisses when we come back from a trip too and they will bake cute treats also. Love it!
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Actually, they just came to visit.
So I’m a happy and lucky gal. Other than that, we skype each other every friday. LOL!
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I call my parents weekly to check in on them and they visit once a month or so which enables me to cook for them and just let them relax with the kids!
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Skype is the most amazing technological advancement for getting people together. It’s sooo much better than Facebook with its limited characters & even the telephone with its high costs. It gives us face-t0-face time no matter where our loved ones are in the world, and you can share treasured moments anywhere you can get a connection. By being able to SEE the person, you understand facial cues for less mix up over intent, and you get to see grandkid’s priceless artwork too.
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My friend recently passed away from cancer and her family was set up on this site, it was a wonderful place for us to view the updates about her progress before she passed.
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What a great post! I wish I had heard of this before my dad passed, I know the family would have liked it! Good to know about now!
Weekly phone calls just to chat. We usually dont have much to share but I know they like hearing that we are ok and I like knowing that everything is well in their world as well.
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I always buy my step-dad dark choclate or ice cream and my mom gets sugar cookies.
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What a great post and a great reminder to value and appreciate our parents always! I always try to make plans to see my parents pretty regularly (and my grandparents as well who are now in their 90s!)
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Skype is our lifeline – the kids can interact with their grandparents and we can see in real time how they are really doing!
Thanks for the ideas! I need to get my dad on Skype. I brought it up with him once before, but haven’t followed through.