Verse SW2

Who ran to help me when I fell, and
would some pretty story tell, or
kiss the place to make it well?  My
mother.
~ Ann Taylor
Verse SW3

You never get over being a child,
as long as you have
a mother to go to.
~Sarah Crue Jewett
Verse SW1

A mother is a person who, seeing
there are only four pieces of pie for
five people, promptly announces
she never did care for pie.
~Tenneva Jordan
Verse SW8

You may have tangible
wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels
and coffers of gold.
But richer than I
you can never be ~
I had a mother who read to me.
~ Strickland Gillian
Verse SW5

Between the earth and sky above,
nothing can match
a grandmother's love.
Verse SW4

A mother's arms are made of
tenderness and children sleep
soundly in them.
~Victor Hugo
Verse SW9

Through my grandmother's eyes, I
can see more clearly the way things
used to be, the way things ought to
be, and most important of all, the
way things really are.
~Ed Cunningham
Verse SW6

You are a mother like no other...
I'm glad you're mine!
SW7

A mother is she who can take the
place of all others
but whose place no one else can
take.
For A Special Woman
Verse SW10

Only an aunt...
can give hugs like a mother
can keep secrets like a sister
and share love like a friend.
Verse SW11

For there is on friend like a sister
In calm or stormy weather
To cheer one on the tedious way
To fetch one if one goes astray
To lift one if one totters down
To strengthen whilst ones stands
~Christina Rossetti
Verse SW12

A mother holds her children's
hands for a while -
their hearts forever.