by Peggy Emerson

One: Mothers come in many different forms, and today we

celebrate them all!
All: Thank God for mothers!

One: Everyone here is either a son or a daughter.
All: Thank God for my mother!

One: For those women who have joined God in Heaven

and whom we miss dearly here on earth.
All: Thank God for the mothers of the past.

One: For every woman who is working day and night to raise her

children right now.
All: Thank God for the mothers of today.

One: For all the women who are expecting, but aren't quite

mothers yet!
All: Thank God for the soon-to-be-mothers.

One: For the women who took in others' children through

adoption or foster care or as a relative or friend.
All: Thank God for the mothers with hearts so big.

One: For those women who have lost a child to death and must

carry on.
All: Thank God for the mothers who are so strong.

children of their own, but chose instead to mother everyone

else.
All: Thank God for the mothers in spirit.