Every year it comes around, and every year the same question: what do you actually get her?
You've done the flowers. You've done the breakfast in bed. You've done the candles that smell nice for two weeks and then sit on a shelf. And every time, somewhere in the back of your mind, there's a feeling that none of it quite says what you actually want to say.
Because what you want to give her isn't a thing. It's a feeling. It's the particular feeling of hearing your voice — and knowing you took the time to put it into something real.
What she actually wants from a Mother's Day gift
Ask most mothers what they treasure and they won't say jewellery or spa vouchers. They'll say things like the drawing their child made at age six, still stuck to the fridge. The birthday card with the long message inside. The voice note they never deleted because they like to listen to it on hard days.
What mothers hold onto are the things that feel personal. The things that couldn't have come from anyone else. The things that carry your voice, your words, your particular way of saying "I love you."
That's what makes a voice keepsake the Mother's Day gift worth giving. It's your voice — a message, a memory, a moment — turned into something she can hold, display, and listen to whenever she wants.
How it works
With Always Keep Me, you record or upload any voice message. It could be something heartfelt and carefully thought out, or it could be something simple — just you, talking to her the way you always do. Then you personalise the design, and we create a beautiful, print-ready keepsake with a QR code built in.
She hangs it on the wall, keeps it on her desk, or puts it on her bedside table. And whenever she wants to hear your voice, she scans it. That's it. No app to download, no account to log into. Just her phone and your voice.
It takes minutes to create. It lasts a lifetime to keep.
Is a voice keepsake the right Mother's Day gift for your situation?
If you live nearby
It might feel like you see her all the time — but when did you last say the things you actually mean? A voice keepsake gives those words a permanent home. Something she can come back to on an ordinary Tuesday when she just needs to hear your voice.
If you live far away
Distance makes the gap between calls feel longer. A voice keepsake closes it a little. She doesn't have to wait for the next phone call — she can scan it anytime, and there you are.
If she's lost someone
Grief has a way of making Mother's Day harder. A voice keepsake that honours the person she's lost — a recording of their voice, their laugh, something they used to say — can be one of the most meaningful Mother's Day gifts imaginable.
What to record for the perfect Mother's Day gift
This is where people sometimes get stuck. It doesn't have to be a speech. It doesn't have to be perfect. Some of the most meaningful voice keepsakes are the simplest ones — a genuine "thank you for everything you've done for me," a favourite shared memory, an inside joke only the two of you would understand, or just the three words she's always loved hearing from you.
If you want a prompt to get you started: think about one specific thing she did for you that you've never properly thanked her for. Tell her that. In your own words, in your own voice. That's the gift.
The Mother's Day gift she'll still have in twenty years
Flowers are beautiful and they mean something. But they're gone in a week. A voice keepsake doesn't wilt, doesn't expire, and doesn't end up in a drawer. It goes on the wall. It travels with her. It becomes one of those things she'd grab first in a fire.
Research consistently shows that expressing gratitude strengthens relationships in ways that material gifts simply cannot. A voice keepsake does exactly that — it's your gratitude, preserved in your own voice, given a permanent home.
This Mother's Day, give her something she can come back to. Give her your voice.
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