5 Movies You & Your Mom Should Watch This Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day weekend everybody! I hope you and your mom are having a great day. Whether she's near or far, right next door or the next room, take the time to time wish her a wonderful day. And if she's deceased take the time to remember her and give thanks for her. The Bible says: 



Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. - Proverbs 31:30

My mom and I love watching movies - everything from chick flicks to comedies - and nothing says I love you more to her than chilling on the couch and having an at-home movie fest. So, in honor of my mom, here are 5 movies you and your mom should watch this Mother's Day. 

1. Disney/Pixar's Brave
Ok, so when you think of Mother's Day the movie Brave probably doesn't come to your mind right away but hear me out, Brave touches everything a mother/daughter relationship consists of. For those of you who've never seen it, Brave is the story of a princess named Merida who makes a wish for her fate to change. As a result her mother, the queen, turns into a bear and the rest is as they say history. 

Merida and her mom find out that if they don't appreciate each other soon her mom will stay a bear forever. So it's up to Merida and her mom to find a way to see each other's strengths and realize that even if they have they're ups and downs, they'll always love each other.

2.Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias movie is what Mom and I like to call a "good, old-fashioned cry-fest" film. It's about Shelby and her Mom, Mlynn, and not only the ups and downs of their relationship but their friendship with four other women. Plus it was shot in Natchitoches, Louisiana (shout to LA!) and had some amazing actresses before they hit it big - like Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Sally Field, and Daryl Hannah just to name a few. 

This movie will make you cry and laugh. Like Trudy (Dolly Parton) said in the movie, "Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion."

3.The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 
The next movie, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, is also shot in Louisiana (go figure) and my mom and I absolutely love it because it chronicles the rocky relationship of a woman named Sida Lee and her slightly eccentric mother, Vivi. When things go south (no pun intended) with Sida and Vivi, it's up to the Ya-Ya's to help bring them back together. Like Steel Magnolias, it's another tear-jerker but it'll definitely make you both laugh. 

 4. Monster-In-Law
Mother's Day is not only for your mom. If you're married you might have a mother-in-law to celebrate the day with. And if you do I have the perfect movie for you - Monster-In-Law. This movie is basically J.Lo vs. Jane Fonda and it's one fight you'll never forget. It'll touch your heart and make you smile and even laugh. 

5. Gilmore Girls the Entire Series
For the last movie on this list - it won't actually be a movie - but a tv show - Gilmore Girls. Mom and I have been a fan of Gilmore Girls since it first came out and we totally feel like we've grown up with Lorelai and Rory. We've laughed with them, cried with them, have even gotten mad at them during a few episodes but we always come back for more. This is the kind of show you and your mom can sit down and binge watch together. It'll be hours and hours of fun.

So there you have it, folks, 5 movies you and dear old mom can sit back, relax, and watch together. I hope you all have a great Mother's Day and if you know of any more great films of tv shows that you and you're mom love please feel free to let me know in the comments. 

Happy Mother's Day!

Until next time . . . 

XOXO,

Nellie