A Mother's Day page
The problem with Mother's Day is that everyone sends something separately, so she gets four nice messages spread across four apps. A page collects all of it into one place she can open again.
What to put on it
Get the siblings organised for once
One wish link into the family group and everyone records ten seconds. It is the rare arrangement where the person who organises it does not end up doing all of it.
A photo of her before any of you existed
Find one from her twenties. Children are reliably shocked by these, and she will spend longer on it than on anything else you put there.
Thank her for a specific year
Not motherhood in general — the particular stretch when it was hard and she did not say so. That is the part nobody thanks anyone for.
What to write
Steal any of these, or use one as a way in and finish it yourself.
I have started catching myself doing things exactly the way you do them, and I do not mind at all.
You made it look easy, which I now understand was the hardest part of it.
From all of us, in one place, so you can hear the whole thing at once for a change.
Questions about Mother's Day pages
Can several of us contribute without one person doing all the work?
That is what the wish link is for. You build the page, everyone else just records ten seconds from their own phone, and you approve each one before it appears.
What if she lives in another country?
This is the case it suits best. There is nothing to post, no delivery date to miss, and she opens it at her own time of day rather than yours.
Can I make one if my mother has died?
Some people do, as something to keep and to share with the rest of the family rather than to send. There is no requirement that anyone opens it — the page is yours, and it stays up for as long as you want it.
How it works
- Add their name, your photos and your message. A live preview shows exactly what they will see.
- Send the wish link to everyone else so they can leave a short video or a note. You approve each one before it appears.
- Publish, and share the private link whenever you like. GH₵ 150 once, no subscription.