"Don't buy me flowers anymore," my mother said when I arrived at her house with a bouquet of Lilies of the Valley. It was her birthday, and I'd looked everywhere to find her favorite flower. "They're only going to die. It's so depressing." Mom's birthday was last week; she would have been 102. I spent the day missing her - and being grateful that I didn't have to think up any more presents. Because once she'd lain down the present rules, things got very complicated. What do you get for someone who:
The Present Rules
The Present Rules
The Present Rules
"Don't buy me flowers anymore," my mother said when I arrived at her house with a bouquet of Lilies of the Valley. It was her birthday, and I'd looked everywhere to find her favorite flower. "They're only going to die. It's so depressing." Mom's birthday was last week; she would have been 102. I spent the day missing her - and being grateful that I didn't have to think up any more presents. Because once she'd lain down the present rules, things got very complicated. What do you get for someone who: