all I am is because of my Mother

My mom is an amazing woman! I can't put into words how much she means to me the love I have for her. She has loved me, even through my bad hair days...

and my good hair days.

She has raised 3 daughters, who are wonderful friends and mothers.

She is a special 'Nana' to her grandkids and doesn't let them tire her out! She loves to play with them and let them know how they are special to her.

Now that I am raising 3 boys and a daughter of my own, I appreciate more and more the lessons I learned from my mother. I have been so blessed to have the mother I do. You are not only my mom, but my friend! I love you!

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty

[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. ~Emily Dickinson

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving

Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me. I love her dearly...yes, she is also a good friend, someone I can talk openly with if I want to.- Sophia Loren

My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart - a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation. ~Mark Twain

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. ~Jewish Proverb