A gift to say thank you

freda

Mug sounds like a great idea.

I'd make a really big effort to make something super personal too, though. I think I'd probably buy a little folder, and write her lots of things that mean something important to you both, i.e.:

• a short letter telling her what a difference her support has made to you and the family.
• get the children to draw a picture or two showing things they like doing with her, and annotate it for them so she knows what they have drawn.
• find a couple of poems on t'internet that were about friendship and print them out to add.
• Maybe also a recipe for her favourite food and a fun recipe for a fancy cocktail or something.
• Print out a few photos from 2 years through to the present day with funny captions.
• An open invite to call you for coffee and cake at any time in the future!

Just add as many little things to the folder that show that you know her, and care about how much she has done for you over the years.

I'd imagine that something that obviously took time and a bit of effort, but not much money, would mean more than any chocolates and flowers. Something she could treasure.

rakkibeth

A mug would be perfect, a token of appreciation without monetary value being brought into the equation. And maybe a hand-drawn or hand-written thank you note from the children? Those sort of gifts are priceless.x

FreeBee00

I like the idea of printing the photo on the mug, but I think it might be even cuter to just print the photo in black and white with a nice black frame. It is classy, simple, but very meaningful. It might end up being cheaper and definitely quicker too!