In this same manner the children can be taught that mother will remain
happier and younger if she is given the assurance of their love and
thoughtfulness by the occasional remembrance of a desirable gift, a
book, or a pretty bouquet of flowers. They may be wild flowers, gathered
by your own hands. So much the better. The little gifts of labor are so
much the sweeter. Then there is mother’s birthday to be remembered by
little offerings of love from the family. They do not remind her of
advancing years, but count each year a pearl; each pearl a prize. On her
wedding anniversary the husband brings to his sweetheart wife some gift
as a lover’s token. So as time passes, each year the vows of their youth
are renewed and the bonds between them sustained.
The most practical appreciation of love and worth that a woman may show
her husband—the provider of her family—is the careful consideration of
the best interest of the family. Eventually the man who receives such
sympathy and help will find his life being purified and strengthened.