the Willa Bean: Happy Mother's Day & Photos from Grandma & Papa Koss' Visit

First of all, Happy Mother's Day to all of the amazing mothers out there...Especially to my mom (the best mom in the world...), Kim (the best step-mom in the world...) and Sue (the best mother-in-law in the world...)! I am very blessed!

I now know firsthand that motherhood is one of the most challenging jobs, yet NOTHING is more rewarding and wonderful.

I love you Mom!!!

I found some quotes on "Mothers" that I love. All of them are so true:

A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, "where mother is."

-- Keith L. Brooks

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.

-- Irish Proverb

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

-- Author Unknown

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

A mother understands what a child does not say.

-- Jewish proverb

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

-- Agatha Christie

A mother's love liberates.

-- Maya Angelou

All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my mother.

-- Abraham Lincoln

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.

-- Lisa Alther

It was when I had my first child that I understood how much my mother loved me.

-- From "For Mother - A Bouquet of Sentiments"

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.

-- Marion C. Garretty

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

-- Pablo Picasso

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

-- Sophia Loren