Happy Day.

There are a lot of definitions for "mother."  Here is part of dictionary.com's listing:

moth·er   [muhth-er] 

–noun

1. a female parent.
2. (often initial capital letter) one's female parent.
3. a mother-in-law, stepmother, or adoptive mother
4. a tern of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent.
5. a term of familiar address for an old or elderly woman.
6. mother superior
7. a woman exercising control, influence, or authority like that of a mother.
8. the qualities characteristic of a mother, as maternal affection.
9. something or someone that gives rise to or exercises protecting care over something else; origin or source.


I like numbers eight and nine best.  To everyone with the heart of a mom, Happy Mother's Day.

-m