Mother

Mother, you’re the angel who brought me into being and watched over me. You guided me, sheltered me, repaired and restored me. When I was lost, your focused attention and unconditional love lifted me and showed me the way. I give you the credit for the best parts of who I am today. I don’t have words or gifts, or …

A baby asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?” “Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.” The child further inquired, “But tell me, here in heaven I don’t have to do anything but sing and smile …

Mom, I wish I had words to tell How much you mean to me. I am the person I am today, Because you let me be. Your unconditional love Made me happy, strong, secure. Your teaching and example Made me confident, mature. In all the world, there is no mother Better than my own. You’re the best and wisest person, …

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” —Oprah Winfrey “Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” —Stevie Wonder “Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.” —Meryl Streep “She raised us with humor, …

For all the things I didn’t say, About how I felt along the way– For the love you gave and the work you’ve done, Here’s appreciation from your admiring son. You cared for me as a little tot, When all I did was cry a lot, And as I grew your work did too– I ran and fell and got …

Mama told me a story a long long time ago not like any that I’d ever heard, all about a little girl mama used to know, how I remember every word. Seems like a lifetime ago, though I remember it so well, it was a Christmas eve I’ll never forget as far as I can tell. We were sitting at …

“My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched.” —Barack Obama “[My mom] had this amazing attitude in the face of everything, including when …

“Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.” —Harriet Beecher Stowe “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” —Maya Angelou “The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.” —Jane Sellman “[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” —Emily Dickinson “A mother’s arms are made …

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” —Abraham Lincoln “My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success …

It’s Mother’s Day, Mom, And I want you to know I’ll just love you more Every year that I grow. You’re a wonderful mother; You show that you care; There’s no better mom On earth anywhere! By Joanna Fuchs It’s Mother’s Day, Mom, And I want you to know I’ll just love you more Every year that I grow. You’re …