Christmas Gift Idea for Parents
Your parents are one-of-a-kind. There are so many good things you love about them; there might be one or two shortcomings you probably pointed out to them in your teenage years, but they’ve forgiven you. It all comes together to make two people who have done so much more for you than just give birth to you. That doesn’t mean they are easy to shop for! Before you go “down the rabbit hole” trying to find a gift they’ll both love, stop and think about who your parents “are” and what brings them joy.
3 Truths About Parents
1. Parents Are Busy
The words “parent” and “free time” don’t usually go together. At least, not often, for at least the first 18 years of possessing the title! Parents are experts at multi-tasking and cramming lots of accomplishments into a single day. Many never truly stop being busy, ESPECIALLY once grandkids enter the picture!
2.Parents Take Care of Everyone
It’s probably the main reason we love them, right? If you are like me, “giving birth to me” is an abstract idea that others tell me happened, but frankly, I don’t remember it. What I DO remember are the countless times my parents somehow managed to attend to the minutia of my daily life DESPITE how busy they were. I can barely remember my own schedule and chore-list, let alone stay on top of those belonging to others. That is Superhero-level stuff, and your parents deserve to be recognized for it!
3. Parents Put Themselves Last
Usually, everything under the umbrella of “family life” sails pretty smoothly, thanks to your parents’ efforts. However, IF something is going to “fall by the wayside” it’s probably something that benefited only your parents. Over the years, your parents got used to sacrificing their whims for the good of the family. This continues once “Mom” and “Dad” become “Grandma” and “Grandpa.” These little acts of self-sacrifice are one of the things we most admire in our parents-especially once we get a parents ourselves!
Your Parents Have Earned a Break. Multiple, Actually
Parents are busy. Parents takes care of everyone else. Parents put themselves last. What they “need” is a fancy little thing the kids are calling, “self-care”. This is nothing new; it is just the tried-and-true reality that we all need to set aside time for ourselves to recharge. “A break”, is a succinct definition of self-care. THAT is what your parents need this Christmas, and that is what they have earned over and over again! Give mom and dad the gift of daily “breaks” from being the superheroes they are, so that they can refresh their souls and keep doing what they does best.
How Is Bird Feeding “Self-Care”?
People don’t feed birds for the benefit of the birds. As a bird feeding company, we can prove this by charting our revenue cycle. IF it were all about being “nice” to the birds, people would spend more on feeding them in the winter when birds most benefit from it! Birds supplement their diet by visiting feeders; they don’t NEED us to feed them. So why do people spend their hard-earned dollars on bird feeding?
Because PEOPLE get something out of feeding birds. We get an excuse to ”look up” (probably from our phones) and “look out” beyond ourselves to appreciate the calm and beauty that nature has to offer. When we are busy, tired, and stressed, that little bird feeder in the yard provides a focal point for our frustration so that we can JUST TAKE A BREAK for a second. Afterwards, we feel just a little bit better and we press on. THAT is why people feed birds, and THAT is why anybody would love one of our super-easy, chore-free Bird & Breakfast bird feeders!
Don’t Give a Gift That Adds to Their Chore List
“Conventional” bird feeders require a lot out of those people who use them. They require you drive to the store to get supplies. They require you to haul a big, bulky bag of bird seed home. They require you to find space for a plastic storage tote to store that big bag of seed (unless you want to roll-the-dice with a rodent infestation.) Conventional feeders require you buy a funnel or a scoop so you don’t spill seed. They require you to scrub and clean your bird feeder on a regular basis, otherwise your birds could be spreading disease to each other just by visiting your feeder…On. And on. And on it goes.
Well, at Mr. Canary Company have changed that! Our Bird & Breakfast bird feeder was designed from it’s beginning to be an easier bird feeder. Two utility patents later, the US Patent Office has acknowledged our novel solution! Here is how we do it: “TV-Dinners for Birds!” We call them ‘En-Trays’.
These ingenious single-use, seed-filled trays mean that birds come, they eat, they poop (we’re friends, so we can speak frankly) and they leave an empty En-Tray behind. Instead of lugging out the storage tote, funnel, scoop, and the big, bulky bag of bird seed AND the mop bucket, the soap, the bleach, and the gloves…All your coworker will need is a fresh, sealed En-Tray! Which, by the way, weighs less than 2lbs.
To refill and “clean” our revolutionary bird feeder: unseal a fresh En-Tray. Use the plastic film as a glove to grab the empty En-Tray out of the feeder. Toss the empty tray in the recycling-bin. Hold the bottom of the feeder as you slide the fresh En-Tray into the feeder. ALL DONE! And, in a fraction of the time that a “traditional” (that’s nice-talk for “boring”) bird feeder requires.
How could we make this new “method” of bird feeding any easier? -make it available on Amazon Prime! ‘Happy Gifting!’ and CHEERS to your parents!
Check out this video showing just how simple the Bird & Breakfast really is!
Proudly made by “Bad-asses Getting the Job Done” at The Arc of Greater Boone County in Lebanon, Indiana!
