💐💐Mother’s Day Edition

This year I wanted to write a better Mother’s Day card — not just a Hallmark card where I scribble “You’re the best!!!” and call it a day.
But when I sat down to write something… I just kept staring, waiting for the words to show up.

Then I thought: Should I use AI here — even if just to help get things moving?

I use AI all the time now…for everything from work stuff to grocery list rewrites. But writing a Mother’s Day card for my wife? That felt like one of those decisions you think is harmless… until it turns into something she definitely remembers — and not in a good way.

💌The Card

I wanted the card to be from me — but also include the kids. We’ve got two boys, Wes (13) and Sam (12), and a daughter, Halle (7). A lot of opinions from three very different people.

One thing we could all agree on: “Even though we make fun of you a lot… you’re the best mom.”

Deborah runs the PTA, keeps the all-important snack pantry stocked, manages three lives in motion (four if you count me), and somehow makes it all look easy.

So the kids and I sat down to write her a card.

Our first draft? As chaotic as you'd expect:

• Halle wanted to make it rhyme — and also asked if we could get her a claw machine

• Sam wanted to say he gets his style from her — not me — and those Dubai chocolate-covered strawberries she brings home? Game changer.

• Wes wanted to call her GOATED and compare her to his NBA GOAT, Jalen Brunson

We had ideas. But no card. I kept trying to find the right first line… and just kept staring at the card.

That’s when I opened ChatGPT and typed:

That was the first thing I tried. It wasn’t magic — but it helped.

We kept tinkering with a few more prompts until we had something that felt more our style.
It gave us a few starting lines. We laughed at most of them. Rewrote some. Added our own. Crossed things out.
Then we grabbed a real card and put it down on paper. (Yes, bad handwriting and all — full photo and typed version below.)
The final version wasn’t perfect — but it was real and heartfelt.
The kind of thing she’ll definitely remember… in the best possible way.

👇 Here’s what the finished card looked like:

Here’s what the card said (yes, in my barely readable handwriting):

🧠Prompt of the Week

Not sure where to start? Try one of these as a jumping-off point.
Whether it’s a card for your daughter or your best friend, this just gives you a place to begin.

You don’t need to be a tech person. Just copy one into ChatGPT (at chat.openai.com).
Don’t worry about making it perfect — you can always tweak it. The goal isn’t to have AI write the card for you… just to help get your own thoughts going.

#1 — The group chaos starter

#2 — The tone check

#3 — Kickstart the Kids’ Ideas

💡Tip

Feeling stuck? Ask AI for ideas. Good results, bad results — doesn’t matter. Crossing things out is sometimes the fastest way to figure out what you actually want to say. It gets you started.

🖋️Reminder

All AI did was give us a place to start.
What mattered was sitting down and actually writing something real.

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