How to Make Sure Your Mother's Day Doesn't … Stink

I have a friend (we'll call her Jesse,) who, over the years, has had, let's say, a less than spectacular Mother's Day each year.

It's not that she doesn't have a great husband – she does. But, her husband never really understood what a great Mother's Day would be for Jesse. So he would do things she had asked for him to do months before - like repairing the screen door. Let's just say that wasn't what Jesse had in mind.

So years ago I suggested that she spell out EXACTLY what she would like...