Mothers

To all women out there, Happy Belated Mothers Day!  Hopefully your Mothers Day was relaxing and full of fun surprises from your children, husband, friends, or whomever you associate with.  Sometimes we as mothers can feel alone in the world, but 82.5 million women in the world are mothers and 4 million women give birth each year.   

I was watching a golf tournament yesterday and each of the golfers had taken time to thank their mothers for all they did for them when they were growing up.  How many times do we stop and say thank you to those women in our lives who have helped us become the people we are today?  

Abraham Lincoln once said, "All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother."  Mothers do so much for us and most of it goes unnoticed.  I once had a friend who said her husband came home and saw her scrubbing the baseboards.  He asked her what she was doing crawling all around the house.  He thought the baseboards just never got dirty, but to his amazement, his wife had been cleaning them all along.  

I was interested in what would define a mother.  The definition I found said, "A mother, mom, mum, momma or mama, is a woman who has conceived, given birth to, or raised a child in the role of a parent. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to define a mother to suit a universally accepted definition. The male equivalent is a father." 

It doesn't seem hard to define a mother.  Whether or not we as women ever have children, we are all mothers in one way or another.  Oprah Winfrey said, "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."  

I hope that on Mothers Day, you took the time to thank your own mother for the time and effort she put into helping you become who you are.  You don't have to wait for Mothers Day to roll around each year to show your appreciation.  Thank the women in your life for what they have done for you.