Looking for moms to tell gift stories

Advertiser Staff

There are just a couple of days left for you moms to write in to The Advertiser about your favorite handmade gifts from your children.

Wednesday is the deadline for your letters about those mementos of motherhood: those wobbly drawings of flowers, with "I love you, Mom" in tentative block letters that run downslope, the amorphous blob of clay meant to approximate a fish — or is it a cow?

If you are a mother who treasures something your child once created specially for you, won't you write to us about them? The Advertiser will select some letters to feature in an upcoming story for Mother's Day. Tell us in 500 words or less: What is the story of the gift, and why is it special to you? Be sure to describe the gift, how old your child was and when you received it.

You are also invited to submit a photo of the object, yourself and/or your child. Please send hard-copy photos only (no computer disks or e-mailed photos). And be sure to send a copy of the photo that you can spare because materials can't be returned.

Send to: Motherhood Mementos, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Letters only may be e-mailed to ohana@honoluluadvertiser.com, or faxed to 535-8170. Be sure to include your city and day phone number. Letters and photos submitted to The Advertiser may be published or distributed in print, electronic or other forms.