This week, in the spirit of Mother's Day, we've been asking readers to share the ways they are inspired by their moms — along with their 'mom-and-me' selfies.
Check out some of the photos we've received so far in the gallery above.Now, let's keep the MOM-entum going! (Couldn't resist...)
What was the most important lesson you learned from your mother? What's your favorite memory of her? What's the biggest way she inspires you? What's the quality of hers that you strive most to emulate?
Share your stories in the comments below, along with selfies of yourself with your mom. (Selfies with your grandmother, step-mom or other special mother-figure are more than welcome too.) You can also share via Twitter using #MomandMeNJ.
We look forward to seeing your photos and reading your stories. Happy Mother's Day, New Jersey!
Redbox
Through Sunday, May 11, Redbox users can reserve any select movie/game online and get $.50 off a select DVD. The list includes new mom-friendly releases, the company said, like About Time; August: Osage County; and Labor Day, plus movies/games for the whole family, like Mario Kart (for the Wii) and Frozen.
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Starbucks
Buy one, get one free Teavana Oprah Chai on Mother's Day in Starbucks stores. Starbucks will make a donation for each Teavana Oprah Chai Tea product sold in participating Starbucks and Teavana stores to benefit youth education through the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation.
Hooters
Moms can get a free entree up to $10 with any drink purchase at a Hooters restaurant. About 35,000 moms took advantage of the "free entrée" deal last year, the company said.
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BloomNation
BloomNation is offering a 15 percent off code for all ABC News fans. The code will be "ABCNEWS15" and will be valid until May 31. Each customer receives a "BloomSnap," which is a photo of the completed arrangement before it's delivered so customers know that what they ordered is what the recipient will receive, through same-day hand delivery service.
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Parker & Quinn; Refinery Rooftop
Parker & Quinn, located in Refinery Hotel in New York City, will be offering Mother's complimentary desserts upon dining at the restaurant, and Refinery Rooftop will be giving mothers complimentary flowers and chocolates upon entering the Rooftop.
Groupon Fun
Hopefully you and the mother in your life can have some fun with Groupon's free last-minute Mother's Day deals. Shoppers can choose from a Chore Wheel, Official Time Out, Squabbling Siblings Peace Treaty and more. Official announcement with links are pasted below.
Hershey Gardens
Free admission to all Moms at Hershey Gardens.
McCormick & Schmicks
Free chocolate-covered strawberry for every mother.
Michaels Arts and Crafts
Michaels craft stores are hosting make-and-take craft sessions on Saturday in celebration of Mother's Day. For $2, kids can make a craft for their moms. The sessions last 30 minutes and are geared to kids ages 3 and up.
Shutterfly
Get a free custom Mother's Day Card with a coupon code from DefinitiveDeals.com.
Hurricane Grill & Wings
In honor of Mother's Day, participating restaurants are offering a free dessert of choice with purchase.
Grace Hightower & Coffees of Rwanda
A last-minute gift for Mom by Grace Hightower & Coffees of Rwanda: a coffee-table book that highlights women artisans in post genocide Rwanda (20 years ago April-July 1994) that comes with a bag of Grace's coffee. The set gives back 50 percent of the proceeds to the Imbuto Foundation.
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TCBY
Free 6 oz. frozen yogurt for Mom at select locations.
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop
The sandwich franchise will be handing out coloring pages to kids in stores and at the bottom of each page is a voucher that moms can redeem for a free 9-inch sandwich or salad from Mother's Day through May 17 at all Capriotti's locations.
You can feed Mom for free all day on Mother's Day. Almost.
In what's becoming a Mother's Day rite of passage for the thin-of-wallet, some of the nation's most familiar restaurant chains — both casual dining and fast-food — once again hope to lure in entire families on Mother's Day by offering mothers everything from free beverages to free desserts to entirely free meals.
The main appeal, of course, isn't so much to Mom, but to those budget-conscious family members who might be taking her out to celebrate. "A free menu item is a small price to pay to drive a hungry family into an establishment at regular prices," notes public relations guru Peter Himler.
Among this year's Mother's Day free food offerings:
• Chocolate-dipped strawberry. McCormick & Schmick's may be best known for its seafood, but on Mother's Day it expects to hand out thousands of free chocolate-dipped strawberries. Every mother who eats there will get one for free.
• Cup 'o tea. In honor of moms, Starbucks will offer a buy-one-get-one free Teavana Oprah Chai Tea Latte while supplies last on Sunday at participating stores in the U.S. and Canada.
• Ice cream cake. This one, from Dairy Queen, has a bit of a twist to it. Any mom who gives birth on Mother's Day, May 11, gets a free Dairy Queen ice cream cake. Lucky moms must e-mail a copy of the baby's birth certificate to receive the free cake.
• Strawberry pie. Moms who order the Mother's Day buffet at Shoney's also get a free slice of Shoney's Strawberry Pie.
• Fast-food meal. Take Mom to a participating Boston Market on Mother's Day, and if you purchase one Individual Meal for yourself, Mom gets hers for free. No coupon is required.
• Lasagna. Buy Mom a Spaghetti Warehouse meal on Mother's Day, and she walks out not only with a full stomach, but a coupon for a free slice of the chain's famous 15-layer lasagna on her next visit.
• Casual dining meal. While Hooters may not be every mom's first choice on Mother's Day, it's trying to lure folks with one of the best deals. Moms get a free entree — up to $10 in value — as long as they purchase a drink. Chicken wings, for Mom, on Mother's Day? Well, says, Andrew Pudduck, vice president of marketing, "it's about time to skip the tea sandwiches and doilies."
