Gifts from the Heart 4 of 8 Create a recipe book with your family's favorite dishes. A few years ago, my sisters and I realized that none of the recipes for our favorite dishes had ever been written down. As Mother's Day was approaching, we decided that we would each make our favorite dish that mom used to make for us when we were growing up. We held a Mother's Day brunch for her with all four generations of our family and served the goodies of our childhood. Mom loved the buffet and sharing the memories. She also loved not having to cook for an entire day (but, like all temperamental chefs, Mom said that some of our recipes needed her assistance). The day was scrumptious, and sweet memories floated in the air like the aroma of chicken and dumplings, grasshopper pie and chocolate chip cookies. We also decided to create a family cookbook. We hoped to pass along these family recipes with our memories to our children, and from them to their children. My sisters and I each created a page that included a recipe and a memory for the book. We all promised to add to the book at every family gathering. Now, we add new recipes and memories as we make them! Next » From the exclusive Mother's Day Get more gift ideas!