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 troubles thicken 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

Lox and Bagels

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.

 ~  Oscar Wilde

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

 ~  Chinese Proverb

Sticky Bun Monkey Bread

A man’s work is from sun to sun, but a mother’s work is never done.  

~  Unknown Author

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.

~ Rajneesh

Fresh Fruit and Custard Tart

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

~ Jewish Proverb

 Curried Deviled Eggs

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me.  They have clung to me all my life. 

~  Abraham Lincoln

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

 Enchiladas with Eggs Poached in Red Chili

The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.

~  Henry Ward Beecher

Orange Craisin Cinnamon Rolls

That best academy, a mother’s knee.  

~  James Russell Lowell

Wishing everyone a very special Mother’s Day!