Mother’s Day offers a wonderful opportunity to celebrate those who share their motherly love with us. Whether she’s a friend, aunt, grandma, sister, or the woman who gave you life, we hope these gift ideas and recipes inspire new ways to express your gratitude for her presence in your world.

Lip balm is truly one of the easiest and most inexpensive beauty products to create at home. Not only is crafting your own surprisingly simple, you’ll have full control over all of the ingredients and the satisfaction of knowing that you’re putting pure, natural, and organic elements on your lips! 

Sunlight peeks through the misty morning canopy and dapples the open book in my lap with gold. A soft breeze whispers through the forest carrying the fragrance of May blossoms and bird songs. I sit in a wet patch of fluttering Oxalis, a wild yellow violet smiling into my hand lens, and read the couplet aloud…