🌸 6 Beautiful Books That Make Perfect Mother's Day Gifts (2025 Guide)

🌸 6 Beautiful Books That Make Perfect Mother's Day Gifts (2025 Edition) 🌸

Mother’s Day is about celebrating the women who raised us, inspired us, and loved us no matter what.

This year, instead of flowers that wilt or gadgets that collect dust, why not give a gift that will stay in her heart forever?
Books are thoughtful, personal, and lasting, a perfect way to say “thank you” to the mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and mentors in our lives.
Here are six beautiful books that would make perfect gifts for Mother’s Day 2025 and they’ll all ship in time.

1. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A stunning blend of Indigenous wisdom, science, and the teachings of plants.
This beautiful book reconnects readers with the earth and our responsibilities to it — perfect for thoughtful, earth-loving moms.
➔ Grab Braiding Sweetgrass on Amazon Here!

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

A moving story about kindness, resilience, and friendship, illustrated with breathtaking simplicity.
Perfect for mothers and grandmothers who appreciate life’s quiet beauty and powerful lessons.
➔ Grab The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse on Amazon Here!

3. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

A powerful poetry collection that explores survival, healing, love, and femininity.
A heartfelt gift for mothers and daughters alike, a timeless celebration of strength and tenderness.
➔ Grab Milk and Honey on Amazon Here!

4. Untamed by Glennon Doyle

A fierce, inspiring memoir about living authentically and reclaiming your wild spirit.
Perfect for mothers ready to rediscover themselves and their unstoppable power.
➔ Grab Untamed on Amazon Here!

5. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

A hauntingly beautiful novel about survival, loneliness, resilience, and finding your place in the world.
A page-turner for moms who love powerful storytelling and unforgettable characters.
➔ Grab Where the Crawdads Sing on Amazon Here!

6. Natural Remedies: Complete Collection by Barbara O'Neill

For the mom who believes in healing through nature, this collection offers old wisdom and new knowledge about herbs, natural cures, and the body’s ability to heal itself.
A thoughtful and nurturing gift for moms who care about holistic living.
➔ Grab Natural Remedies on Amazon Here!

A bonus journal for Moms. https://amzn.to/3GPVke0.  

This Mother's Day, give more than just a gift, give her something that will stay with her through every season of her life.

Books are memories, lessons, dreams, all wrapped up in one beautiful package.
I linked all my favorite picks above if you want to grab one while there's still time for delivery!
Wishing you and your loved ones a beautiful and meaningful Mother's Day. 🌸💛

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The Wound They Blamed Us For: From Residential Schools to Child Welfare.

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They shut the doors to the residential schools... but they didn’t stop taking our children.

They just found a new way to do it

A System Rebranded...Not Reformed

When Canada’s residential schools began to close, many Canadians thought the worst was over. But for Indigenous families, especially First Nations, the system simply changed its name.

Children’s Aid Societies and provincial child welfare agencies stepped in where residential schools left off. Today, they call it “protection.” They say it’s in “the best interests of the child.” But for our communities, it still feels like removal. It still feels like control. It still feels like grief.

Survivors Became Parents...But Without Support

Residential school survivors carried home invisible scars, the kind no one wanted to talk about. They were taught to fear love, distrust family, and disconnect from their culture. When these survivors became parents, they weren’t offered help, healing, or resources. They were judged for being “unfit.”

And so the system preyed on their pain. It punished them for not knowing what they were never allowed to learn.

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The Numbers Tell the Truth

In every province and territory, First Nations people make up a small portion of the population but a massive portion of children in care. The first graph below shows this clearly.

The darker colour represents the percent of the population that is First Nations. The light colour represents the percentage of Child Welfare cases involving First Nations Children.

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From Foster Homes to Jail Cells

The trauma of being removed from family, land, and culture, doesn't end in childhood. It echoes forward. Many children who grow up in care end up in the justice system. The second graph shows how overrepresented First Nations people are in Canada's jails and correctional institutions.

The darker colour represents the percent of the population that is First Nations. The light colour represents the percentage of incarcerations involving First Nations.

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We Were Never Broken, We Were Broken By Design

The system wants us to believe that these numbers are our fault. That we are inherently bad parents. That we are criminals. But this is the lie colonialism built.

We weren’t broken people.We were broken by a system.And now that same system punishes us for the cracks it left behind.

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But This Is Not The End of the Story

Our communities are strong. Survivors are speaking. Families are fighting back. Culture is being reclaimed. Healing is happening...because We are making it happen.

But healing alone isn’t enough.

We need truth. We need change.
And we need everyone, Indigenous and non-Indigenous,  to understand what’s really going on.

Because only then can the cycle finally break.What We Needed Was Healing. What We Got Was Judgment.

Instead of mental health care, we got case workers.
Instead of parenting programs, we got court orders.
Instead of clean water, housing, or jobs — we got removed.

The system that caused the trauma blamed us for its effects.

And it still does.

What You Can Do

• Learn the truth. Share it.

• Listen to survivors. Believe them.

• Support Indigenous-led services. Real care comes from within the community.

• Challenge the system. Every voice counts.

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We were never broken people.

We were broken by a system.
And now we’re healing, with TRUTH as our medicine.