What would you do for your mother in this situation?

Let’s say, just for sh!ts and giggles, you’re a 26-year-old agoraphobic, currently living at home with your parents while you recover from brain surgery and work on overcoming your anxiety so you can hold down a job.

Let’s also say that it’s your mother’s birthday. It’s a big one, too. Let’s say 60. You don’t particularly like your mother, but she’s doing her damnedest to support you right now, and you definitely appreciate this and do not take it for granted. Therefore, you’d like to do something nice for her today.

The trouble is, you have no source of income, so you can’t buy her anything. You can’t even ask your dad if you can borrow some money because he nearly lost three fingers to a snow blower in January and has been out of work every since, so the whole family is getting worryingly short on cash.

You have some creative skills, so you could probably make something for her. The trouble here is that, as mentioned, while you appreciate her, you don’t really like her. Anything you create would probably end up being forced and insincere, and you really hate that. It’s starting to look like this is the only choice, though.

Can anybody think of any other options?