I miss my mom tribe.
It has been over eight months since we stayed out late for one of our late night PJ parties. It has been over eight months since we have met up for our bi-weekly junk food sampling, since our last good laugh till you pee your pants and cry.
These past months I have felt mentally and physically drained, broken and honestly, I feel alone.
But, My Tribe was still there. we started trying to fill each other’s cups from afar.
Here are some general ideas:
- Instagram and Facebook. Check-in on each other, interact with each other’s posts and stories. Just a quick tap or short message says I’m here.
- Send a card or quick note
- Drop off a treat, drink, or small gift.
- Make a group text and check in on each other or just chat. Order lunch or a treat and have it delivered to them
- Birthday cards!
- Drop off or mail a sunshine box. Fill a box with all things YELLOW
- Send an email or letter
- Virtual girls nights
- Online Host or Join a friends party for Paper Chef, Jamberry, Mary- Kay, Usborne ect
- Drop off a gift when they have a rough day or week
- Ding, dong, ditch
- Zoom, Google meet, or House Party
- Good old fashion PHONE Call
- Watch a movie or TV show and live chat
- Drive-by honk and wave
The possibilities are endless.
Below are a few more detailed ideas:
- Dinner made and dropped off after getting back from an out of state funeral
- Favorite candy bar taped to the door
- Goodie bags left for the kids
- Soda left on the van while in the store with a note on a napkin
- Sent gift cards in the mail
- Masks Made of favorite characters and sent in the mail
- Handmade blanket for a new baby
- Random amazon gifts off of Amazon wish list sent
- Balloons tied to the mailbox for new baby and birthdays
- Decorated the front door for birthdays
- Pampering kits sent via Amazon
- Fresh flowers
- Potted flowers left at the door
- Basket of backyard toys dropped off
- New book left on the stoop
- Paid for a monthly subscription box
- Ordered Hello Fresh for a month
- Dropped off a cooler of premade meals
- S’mores Kits and Junk food Baskets for the kids
- Chalked the driveway and sidewalk to encourage during cancer treatment
- Small box sent for a kid going in for surgery
- Box filled with wine, glasses, chocolate
- Ding dong ditched a box of groceries, diapers, and wipes
- Ordered Panara delivery online for Lunch
- Sent a group chat for a potty training SOS that led to laughter, stories, and three hours of gifs and emojis
- Ordered Diapers, Wipes, and TP off amazon
- Drive-by goodbyes, birthdays, and graduation parties. We decorate the cars, line up and go by slowly honking and waving, dropping gifts on the driveway
