My Mother's Day Jewelry

My Mother's Day gift this year was perfect. It was beaded jewelry. Actually, I didn't get any beaded jewelry - it was a symbolic gift through OxfamAmerica. The card says: "Making handcrafted beadwork allows HIV-affected women in Africa to support their families. By producing jewelry, handbags, and other accessories from beads, these women have a chance to create their own sparkling opportunities, as well as hope for the future.
Oxfam allows you to give a gift to someone that doesn't clutter up their house with more junk, but instead allows those who might not have much junk (or even a house) to feed their family and themselves, and as the card says, have "hope for the future." However, my wonderful husband did require my children to drive to the bookstore and buy one Putumayo CD for me - "Songs from Wineland", which I highly recommend. I'm just impressed the three of them agreed on something!