Celebrating every mom who gives love and life

Today is Mother’s Day.

Thank you to everyone
who embraced with a mother’s arms,
who touched with a mother’s hand,
who became a mother’s shoulder,
who spoke with a mother’s voice,
who warmed with a mother’s presence,
who cared with a mother’s heart,
who protected with a mother’s presence,
who looked with a mother’s eyes,
who prayed with a mother’s faith,
who felt joy and sorrow like a mother.

Thank you to each one
who showed motherly love,
motherly patience,
motherly dedication,
motherly service,
motherly strength,
motherly tenderness.

Special thanks
to those who became a temporary mother to a child who never knew their own.
To those who took a child in. Who didn’t walk away.
Who said: “I will stay. I will be here.”

We thank you
for giving love that costs your time, your heart – sometimes even your life.

A mother is not only blood.
A mother is love.

Happy Mother’s Day
to every mother – biological, spiritual, near or far. To every woman who gave a child the chance to live.