MOTHERHOOD IS UNIVERSAL

A mother is someone that can be found all over the world. Here are a few of the many different translations of the word 'mother'.

MOTHER (English)

MADRE (Spanish)

Майка (Bulgarian)

媽媽 (Chinese-traditional)

Matka (Czech)

Mor (Danish)

Moeder (Dutch)

Ina (Filipino)

la mere (French)

Mutter (German) 

μητέρα   (Greek)

anya (Hungarian)

móðir (Icelandic)

ibu (Indonesian)

mháthair (Irish)

母 (Japanese)

어머니 (Korean)

Matrem  (Latin)

Mor (Norwegian)

Madre (Italian)

Matka (Polish)

Mãe (Portuguese)

Mama (Romanian)

Мать (Russian)

Mama (Swahili)

Mamma (Swedish)

அம்மா (Tamil)

แม่ (Thai)

anne ( Turkish)

мати (Ukranian)

mẹ (Vietnamese)

mam (Welsh)

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped
being children.
~ Mignon McLaughlin

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege,
than the raising of the next generation.
~ C. Everett Koop 

Strong Women make Strong Mothers

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
~ Maggie Gallagher

Single Mothers 

Single mothers go through many hardships that families with two parents do not have to deal with. Single mothers have to deal with the emotional stress and emotional issues that come along with single parenting. They have to worry about providing financially for their children and with only one income. They have to be there emotionally for their children and do it all by themselves.

Here are a few famous single moms that have persevered through the hardships of single parenting and painted masterpieces with their lives.

Information Source:  

http://pic.tv/singlemom/2011/07/27/10-famous-single-moms-throughout-history/

Toni Morrison 

"Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor who wrote the books Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, and Beloved, amongst many others. She divorced her husband in 1964, becoming a single parent to her children Harold and Slade." 
~http://pic.tv/singlemom/2011/07/27/10-famous-single-moms-throughout-history

Halle Berry

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"She is the first and only actress of African American descent to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. Berry is currently going through a messy custody battle with her ex, supermodel Gabriel Aubry. She is pictured often in tabloids with her daughter Nahla."  

~http://pic.tv/singlemom/2011/07/27/10-famous-single-moms-throughout-history

Katie Couric 

 

 

 

"An American journalist and author, Katie Couric was the first solo female anchor of a weekday evening news program on one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks. Her husband passed away in 1998, and she is the mother of two daughters Ellie and Caroline."

~http://pic.tv/singlemom/2011/07/27/10-famous-single-moms-throughout-history

Coretta Scott King 

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"The widow of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King was also an author, activist, and civil rights leader. After the assassination of her husband, she became a single mother to Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice. "

~http://pic.tv/singlemom/2011/07/27/10-famous-single-moms-throughout-history

St. Helena Augusta 

 

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"The earliest single mother on the list, Helena Augusta was the abandoned single mother of Emperor Constantine I, and changed the face of Christianity."

~http://pic.tv/singlemom/2011/07/27/10-famous-single-moms-throughout-history

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

 

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"She was the wife of 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as the First Lady of the U.S. until 1961 when her husband was assassinated. She was a single mother to her children Caroline and John Jr. until she remarried Aristotle Onassis five years later. She was a successful book editor for the final two decades of her life."

~http://pic.tv/singlemom/2011/07/27/10-famous-single-moms-throughout-history

 

 

Diane Keaton 

"She is an actress, producer, director, and screenwriter. Though she’s dated famous men like Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, and Al Pacino, she never married. At the age of 50, she decided to become a single mother and adopted her children Dexter and Duke."

~http://pic.tv/singlemom/2011/07/27/10-famous-single-moms-throughout-history

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

 

Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
~ Anonymous

 

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

~ Evan Bayh