KP, I somehow missed you saying the part about sounding like a bad T, HA!!, that was great but you were right, it was only something I could decide. I found all the input invaluable and to date I feel no guilt or anything like that. I haven't heard a word but that means nothing, the cool thing is I'm not stressing whether or not the gift is good enough, is it right, will she think I'm cheap, will she toss in the garbage with a sneer, I feel
peace and relief.
Annie, it is a wonderful gift idea for those we feel that need or want to give to. I WANT to give my mother something, I just do, that who I am as a person and daughter. I don't know if that will change but I can live with this arrangement.
I will allow my husband to continue paying for that damned cell phone of hers, grrrr, it would just be spiteful of me not and I cannot allow myself to fall into her games. She can use it or not, Alba, you are right and she can do whatever but it's there in case of emergency and that's the reason I insisted on it in the first place. I need that for her.
I don't know why I have an infinity for these right now but I do, this is what fits: