Then she’d make up a poem about my day.” She also would read to him, often from his prized collection of Little Golden Books, while he snuggled his favorite teddy bear, Eli. Those moments with his mom ...

While flowers, brunches, gifts, and homemade macaroni art are all beloved ways to honor our moms, it’s the things we do year-round—in other words, our traditions—that mothers and their children tend ...