* “You blink and they are 8, then they are 28. And then they are parents with children of their own. So take it in Mama. Let them climb into bed with you. Sing that song they requested for the tenth time. Hold them a little tighter when they want to hug you because sometimes in raising your children, you lose your mind a little bit, but boy, do you find your soul!

* My nickname is “Mom,” but my full name is “MOM MOM MOM MOM!”

* Home is where your Mom is.

* If at first you don’t succeed, try doing it the way your mom told you to do it in the first place.

* Nothing is lost until your mom can’t find it.

* Behind every mom is a basket or two of dirty laundry. * Moms do small things with great love.

* Moms do small things with great love.

* Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.

* Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.

* “You will eat it and you will like it,” said all the mothers in the world.

* “One day you will thank me,” said all the mothers in the world.

* “Yes, I do have eyes in the back of my head,” said all the mothers in the world.

* “What part of no don’t you understand?” said all the mothers in the world.

* “Because I said so, that’s why,” said all the mothers in the world.

* “Don’t make me turn this car around,” said all the mothers in the world.

* “I’m going to give you until the count of three,” said all the mothers in the world.

* “You will sit there until all of that food is gone,” said all the mothers in the world.

* “Wait until your father gets home,” said all the mothers in the world.

* Life doesn’t come with a manual—it comes with a mother.

* This has got to be my favorite Mother’s Day quote ever!: “Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.”

* And for my sweet Mama: “If I had a flower for every time I think of you, I would walk in my garden forever.”