Mother's Day: 10 Ways To Make Her Feel Better At Home

Like every year, you might have planned to get flowers, greeting cards, sarees or jewellery, to make your mum feel special on Mothers' Day this Sunday. But, to express a feeling so permanent and beautiful as you share with her, there can be even better ways, especially if you have an ageing mother.

PropGuide tells you a few things that you could do at your home to make her everyday life better:

You love her food, don't you?

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She cooks for you and the whole family. Much as she loves cooking the delicacies you like, she might love it more if it were not for that old-school kitchen with its outdated tools. You could get her some modern-day home appliances to help her chop, peel, boil, kneed, stir, fry, or mix faster. It will cut down on sweating, while she takes pleasure in displaying her culinary skills. And, that is not all. You could ensure proper ventilation in your kitchen and take other measures to help protect her health.

Sleep tight, mother

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We sleep less and less as we age, and this is especially true of women. While keeping the décor of her bedroom light in terms of paint and accessories, ensure the room is in a quieter area of your home. This will help her get a good night's sleep, every night.

She likes it spick and span

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Certain modern fittings in your bathroom can make her life really easy. Using Indian toilets, for instance, can be difficult for aged people, and more if they have any bone-related ailments. Get nice and comfortable toilet accessories. Also, a geyser in the bathroom is a must.

If she is a soap opera lover…

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It's not just young couples who fight for television remote. It is true for any two individuals at home. If your mother has a TV set of her own in her room, she can watch her favourite serials, movies or other shows without any interruption from other family members. She may have a certain taste for music and may not be well-versed with the modern-day gadgets to browse through her favourite songs. A music system with simple features that she understands well will make her life pretty easy; it comes for a song.

She likes to see them grow

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A kitchen garden or small vegetable garden in the courtyard will help keep your mother occupied in her free time, and also help keep your home green. Time spent in tending to flowers and vegetable plants is refreshing, and it also gives one a sense of purpose. Don't you wait with much excitement for a bud in your garden to bloom?

Because God is her witness

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Having a small place to pray would certainly delight your mother if she is religiously inclined. If it is not possible to dedicate a whole area for the purpose because of space crunch, use a corner in your house to install a small temple.

She loves her sarees & jewellery

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Have you noticed how fondly she talks about her various sarees and the collection of jewellery she has preserved since her marriage. She may also be fond of shoes and have a great collection of them. Create some space in your home's storage area for her to keep her fancy stuff.

A bookworm, is she?

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If your mother is a book lover, creating a library in your home, with collection of books of her choice, could be a good gift you could give her. This may not even require a lot of space. If she lives with you, your children could also imbibe some reading habits from her.

All good in the hood?

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Having health care facilities at a stone's throw is important if your mother lives with you. Shopping centres and grocery markets in the vicinity would also be good if she likes to do her grocery shopping herself. Also, parks in the vicinity will provide her a place to socialise with like-minded people while she does her daily bit of walk. Yoga and meditation centres nearby would also help her stay physically and spiritually fit.