What are your grandparents’ hobbies and interests? Do you know them? Knowing it will help you gift them something that they will adore; and that too without a lot of confusion. For example, if your grandmother enjoys crocheting, but can’t really do it often due to her arthritis, then a crochet hook especially built to overcome this obstacle would make a great gift. Does grandpa enjoy sightseeing as a hobby? Buy him tickets to a place he’s always wanted to go. Better yet, join him in his travels! Regardless to whether you live or work overseas, or your loved ones living overseas, here are a few of our suggestions as answer to the question posed in the title…
Take the time to call them up
Hearing the voice of a loved one, especially on an important day, can be more impactful and meaningful than you thinkno matter how short it is. Tell yourself this when you think of talking yourself out of that short phone call you were going to make. Make sure you top up your account so you don’t get cut off half way through your conversation; better yet, make it an online call so you don’t end up spending an absurd amount for a short moment of happiness your conversation together brings…
Get a gift delivered to their door
would you gift your loved one something if you were around them? whatever the occasion might be? Then what is stopping you from doing the same now…? Surely not the distance! Thanks to the internet and most companies and services now shipping worldwide you can deliver a gift to them right to their doorstep. Any thing that you think they’d enjoy; from hand picked quality loose leaf tea Australia, electronics that most people are fond of, or even makeupyou can have your pick!
Send them a video message
What if you are simply too busy at their special moment? What if you expect to be in an area with bad cell signals? What if you cannot figure out if they’d like delicious herbal tea or clothes as a gift? Or it’s not a gift kind of situation? In this case, consider sending them a video message. Groom yourself well, pic a spot with great lighting, use a device with a good quality camera (not hard, since this is the norm for even mobile phones now-a-days), and “get a recording!”. Trust us, if your loved ones are like most people out there, they’d play it over and over again; when ever they miss you…
Deliver a bouquet of flowers to them
If you are looking for a simple way of saying “I miss you”, or “I’m think of you” or even “Congratulations!” or “Good luck!”, then there’s no better way of saying than with flowers. And though it will be lovely to deliver those flowers in person, if it’s not possible, you can get a delivering service to do it for you. remember that thanks to modern technology, you need no be physically present at the flower shop to send a hand written message along with the flowers. All you need to do is find a delivery service who will deliver your love to your loved ones in a beautiful way…