The clock is ticking ... only a few more hours to find a gift for Mother's Day. 

Gift cards always are a good option when you're in a time crunch, especially one that promises some quality time. Tell Mom you'd love to catch up over a cup of coffee with a Starbucks gift card. The coffee chain offers a variety of Mother's Day-themed gift cards (one example pictured above).  Put one in a card with a note telling Mom the two of you can have an afternoon coffee outing soon. 

If you'll be apart on Mother's Day, www.starbucks.com allows people to email a gift card to someone with a message. 

Happy Mother's Day!

Having trouble finding just the right words to use to tell Mom how much she means to you? Let authors Kate and David Marshall help. 

In "What I Love about You, Mom" ($14, Penguin Group USA), the writers map out pages of prompts that help people journal their memories and gratitude for Mom.  For example, one page invites people to write out their earliest memories of Mom.  Another starts with "I'm thankful you brought me up to try to be ..." and gives people room to write out their response.  Another section: "Thank you for not ..." 

Find the guided journal (pictured above) in book stores, www.barnesandnoble.com and www.amazon.com. 

Tomorrow: Last-minute Mother's Day gift ideas.