A song for mum — a “thank you” she'll play again and again

Mums keep everything. The first drawing with three suns, the newspaper clipping from when you won a competition, the note saying “running late, don't worry” from twenty years ago. They keep the things that don't fit in a box too: how you fell asleep, what you said on your first day at school, how you looked when you were sad and didn't want to talk.

A song for mum is a bit like giving her back part of that box — arranged into words and music.

Why a song and not flowers

Flowers are lovely. But they wilt by Thursday. A song stays on her phone; she plays it in the car, plays it for her friends (“listen to what my child made for me”) and plays it again — when she misses you.

What to tell us about her

We don't need a biography. We need moments:

• something she always says — “put a coat on, you'll catch cold” can be a song too;
• one scene from childhood — Saturday morning, the smell of pancakes, the song she sang in the kitchen;
• something you only understood as a grown-up — how hard it was, how much she gave without saying;
• what you want her to hear — thank you, I'm sorry, I'm proud of you, I love you.

If you share a song or she loves a certain singer, write it in “Music wishes” — we'll try to capture the mood.

When to give it

• For her birthday — especially a round one;
• for Mother's Day (8 March in Bulgaria) — order in good time, as many orders come in before it;
• for no reason — sometimes that's the strongest gift of all.

If you'd like words without music, order a poem — it looks lovely framed next to a photo of the two of you. And if you want her name to be heard, ask for a separate intro.

A song from all the children

If there are several of you, tell it together. Each adds a memory, and the song becomes one shared “thank you” from the whole family.

Mum remembers every step you took. It's time she heard that you remember hers.

Looking for a gift for dad too? Read a song for dad.

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