'All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother' --Abraham Lincoln

French: Mere
German: Mutter
Hindi: Maji
Urdu: Ammee
English: Mom, Mummy, Mother
Italian: Madre
Portuguese: Mãe
Albanian: Mëmë; Nënë; Burim; Kryemurgeshë
Cebuano: inahan; nanay
Serbian: Majka
Czech: abatyse
Dutch: Moeder;
Moer Estonian: Ema
Frisian: Emo, Emä, Kantaäiti, Äiti
Greek: Màna
Hawaiian: Makuahine
Hungarian: Anya, Fu
Ilongo: Iloy; Nanay; Nay
Indonesian: Induk, Ibu, Biang, Nyokap


For all the mothers, aunts, friends out there.  The teachers, the co-workers, the women who listen and make a positive impact on lives.   Thank you and have a glorious Mother's day!  You don't have to be a mother to nurture.  Happy Mother's day to my own Mother and the women who shaped my life.  Thank you.

I just love this photo.  Usually Mother's day art is calm and serene with perfectly well behaved clean children.  Life can be messy and chaotic and glorious at the same time.  A big salute to you women out there  in the "trenches".   I salute you! 

Happy Mother's Day,  Mom!