Mother’s Day Wishes & Greeting Messages

It’s Mother’s Day and it’s time for you to return all the love that mother has showered you with all your life, really what would you do without Mum?

Whether you’re writing a Mother’s day message for your mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, stepmother, wife or the one person who has played the mother in your life, words really add that special touch to any Mother’s Day gift.

The perfect message will truly tell her how you admire her for being the rock in your life and we have some lovely messages to choose from.

• Mother’s Day Messages
• Mother’s Day Messages Especially For Grandmother
• Short & Sweet Mother’s Day Messages
• Funny Mother’s Day Messages
• Cheeky Mother’s Day One-Liners
• Mother’s Day Quotes and Sayings
• Mother’s Day Message Closings

Happy Mother’s Day Messages

1. Thank you for loving me, teaching me, encouraging me, raising me – you have the patience of a saint.
2. Being a mother is a thankless task unless it’s Mother’s Day, so here’s your annual thank you.
3. Thanks to your hard work, I turned out great – for that I will always be thankful.
4. A mother, role model, and friend – one day I hope to meet someone as inspiring as you.
5. The most important woman in my life, for now, and forever.
6. Forever indebted to you for making me who I am today, I love you.
7. Thank you for looking after us so well, I know it’s not always easy!
8. Thanks for giving me the best things in life: Your love and your care!
9. To the most amazing mum in the entire universe… yes you come on down!
10. We don’t say it enough, but we really appreciate all that you do for us every day.
11. You are truly the glue that holds the wood of our family tree together!
12. May your Mother’s Day be filled with as much happiness as you brought to my childhood.
13. Thank you for being the best cook, counsellor, taxi-driver, cheerleader, and all-rounder in the world.
14. You are the heart and soul of our family, party and our lives, period!
15. Happy Mother’s Day to one *super* mommy – we are so lucky to have you! Thanks for all you do!
16. I feel so blessed to have you as my mom. Thanks for always believing in me and doing so much for me. I love you!
17. You deserve to be appreciated every day, not just Mother’s Day.
18. Thanks for all the nappy changes, meals, gifts, outfit changes, money … the list is endless. You really are amazing!
19. Thanks for all you do for our family. We hope you have a lovely Mother’s Day.
20. We hope you have an amazing Mother’s Day and that you feel truly appreciated on your special day.
21. Thanks for being such a super mum, you lead by the best example. We love you!
22. Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you! Happy Mother’s Day to the sweetest mother in the world,
23. Right from the start, you were the one who nurtured me, prayed over me, worried about me, guided me and supported me in every endeavour, that’s why you deserve today.
24. Thank you for being there every day with just the love I needed.
25. Now that I’m grown up, I realize I don’t just feel gratitude for you—but pure admiration, love and feel blessed to call you mum.
26. I took my wishes, I wrapped them in a paper made of sweetness and sent them to god and he sent you as my angel!
27. You don’t just give love, you are love and we love you so much

Mother’s Day Messages Especially for Grandmother

1. Wishing you a very special Mother’s Day today Grandma! Thank you for always being there for us.
2. Thanks for everything Grandma, you really are one in a million!
3. Thanks for always believing in me and cheering me on in every game I play, Happy Mother’s Day Grandma!
4. You are an amazing mom and a brilliant grandmother, and we all love you very much!
5. Grandma… thanks for all the fun and laughter, I love you so dearly!
6. May your Mother’s Day be filled with as much happiness as you brought to my childhood. I love you, Grandma!
7. To the best Grandmother in the world, happy Mother’s Day!
8. Although I don’t see you every day, you’re always in my heart. I love you and miss you more than words can say.
9. You’ll always have your own special place in my heart, Nana.
10. Thanks for spoiling me rotten, and feeding me like I won’t eat for a week!
11. God knew what he was doing when he made you a grandma, he knew you’d be the best one ever.
12. I hope you know how much I admire the great woman you are and who you made me.
13. You’ve taught me so much without saying a word but showing me the way.
14. I could sure use a grandma hug right now, as always!
15. Grandma, your love has shaped me in ways I know you would be proud of, thank you.
16. You are the gemstone of our family. and a true pearl grandmother.
17. I’m blessed by you, you went above and beyond to help raise me, and it’s given us a special connection that I cherish.

Short & Sweet Mother’s Day Messages

1. Thanks for all you do. Happy Mother’s Day!
2. Thank you for always being here, there and everywhere. Happy Mother’s Day!
3. Because of you, I am me. Happy Mother’s Day!
4. We’d be so lost without you. You’re the best!
5. Happy Mother’s Day
6. Sorry if I drove you crazy sometimes. I only did it because I love you!
7. With love from the luckiest person in the world to be able to call you mum.
8. I’m so proud to be your child
9. To my mum, my friend and my angel.
10. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day
11. I’m so lucky to have such a loving and caring Mum
12. Happy Mother’s Day to the best mom in the universe!
13. I’m proud to call my best friend my mother.
14. Thank you for always being there for me
15. Wishing you a beautiful Mother’s day where all your dreams continue to come true
16. For the loveliest Mummy in the whole world!
17. Sending you smiles and happy thoughts on Mother’s Day
18. With love on Mother’s Day

Funny Happy Mother’s Day Messages

1. Thanks for all the sweets and love, and sweets. and love, and sweet, let you decide which I loved the most!
2. Supermums always have big bags with everything you’d ever need. Any chance you have a gift in there? Happy Mother’s Day!
3. Only a mother as perfect as you… could have a (daughter/son) as perfect as me. Happy Mother’s Day!
4. Thanks for letting me be a pain in your body for 9 months… followed by another ___ year’s pain in the bum thereafter!
5. Great parenting lies somewhere between “why you do that” and “oh, nevermind”, so I’ll let you choose regarding I forgot to buy you a Mother’s Day gift!
6. Happy Mother’s Day to a woman who deserves a medal… for putting up with me all these years!
7. I just realized that you must have worked as a spy or something as you can easily detect when I lie, but I’m not lying when I say I love you always.
8. Mom, thank you so much for everything you’ve done for me. Don’t worry about [brother’s name], I know he isn’t your fault, he must be adopted.
9. It is never easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it, Happy Mother’s Day.
10. I’m so lucky to have you as my mother… I’m sure no one else would have put up with me this long!
11. Mum, I know you shy away from Mother’s Day… to hide the fact that I’m your * favourite* child. Happy Mother’s Day!
12. I was lucky enough to inherit your eyes and your sense of humour. I keep hoping I’ll get your lie-detector capabilities, too!
13. Raising me took a lot of patience and determination. Thanks, mum for not giving up on me.
14. You’re a very special mum so I’d like you to choose your gift. You can have either have a hug or pay the bill for this meal, which do you prefer?
15. Don’t you think it’s funny that your position is still as my mother? You deserve to have been promoted by now!
16. “Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children!” -Sam Levenson
17. Did you know, children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.
18. I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them. -Phyllis Diller
19. Mum, I can’t even imagine how proud you are of me for remembering to send your Mothers Day card!
20. Mum, you are just like fine wine: the older you get the better you get – oops not saying you’re old!
21. Mum, you occupy a special place in my heart … Right next to my gaming machine!”
22. I was never a mother’s boy, even though I was an only child – Thomas Berger
23. Mother, I love you so much, but I would love you even more if I increased my little pocket money.
24. You may have failed with the other kids, but so glad you got it spot on with me!
25. Happy Mother’s Day, thanks for wiping my bum all those years.
26. Mum, I know you think you are perfect, but you almost perfect as you cant still use a mobile phone, DOH!
27. I know you are a good mum as you always let me lick the mixer, but you would have been great if you turned it off first.

Cheeky One Line Mother’s Day Messages

1. Well done for producing an annoying little shite like me!
2. Thanks’ for potty training me, it came in useful.
3. You failed miserably with my sister/brother, but at leat you got it right with me.
4. Today is the day for you “stay home and drink wine!”
5. I know giving birth to me was tough, but it takes hard work to create a masterpiece!
6. To mum, with love, from your favourite child.
7. Raising me took a lot of patience. Thanks for hanging in there with me.
8. I was never a mother’s boy, even though I was an only child.
9. Mothers often forget that the umbilical cord is cut at birth lol.
10. If my father was my mother, I would have two mothers and no father.
11. Happy Mother’s Day Mom! Love, from your favourite child.
12. I know i got all my best qualities from you. and my worst qualities from dad!
13. Congratulations on doing a fantastic job with your kids!
14. Not sure what to have got you gin or headache tablets lol!

Mother’s Day Quotes

1. God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~ Jewish Proverb
2. 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
3. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” – Maya Angelou
4. “When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.” – Mitch Albom
5. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” – Susan Gale.
6. Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face. ~ George Eliot
7. The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children. ~ Elaine Heffner
8. Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind. ~ Kahil Gibran
9. To a child’s ear, “mother” is magic in any language. ~ Arlene Benedict
10. “To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” – Bill Wilson “Mothers possess power beyond that of a king on his throne.” – Mabel Hale
11. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else.” – Diana, Princess of Wales
12. “Mothers believe in us more than we believe in ourselves.” “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” – Cardinal Meymillod
13. “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln
14. A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ~ Victor Hugo
15. “Life doesn’t come with a manual; it comes with a mother.”
16. “Dear mum, You’re the one person on this whole earth who understands me always, Thanks for always being there for me always when I need you.”
17. “I do not have flowers or a diamond necklace, but I send you many love and kisses for it is mother’s day. I love you so much mom, and I care about You. Thanks for always being my Mom.”
18. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” – Christopher Reeve
19. Hope truly is my saving grace in difficult times, and it can be yours, too. I believe that you can hang in there and get through these rough patches in life.
20. As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her. ~ Kristin Hannah
21. My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ~ Mark Twain
22. Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. ~ T. Dewitt Talmage
23. He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark ~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
24. Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. ~ Martha Stewart
25. When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always thinks twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~ Sophia Loren
26. Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. ~ Stevie Wonder
27. I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me. ~ Antonio Villaraigosa
28. My mom is a hard worker. She puts her head down and she gets it done. And she finds a way to have fun. She always says, “Happiness is your own responsibility.” ~ Jennifer Garner
29. Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~ Marion C. Garretty
30. When the storm has passed, you’ll be stronger and smarter than you were before!
31. No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love. ~ Edwin Chapin
32. That’s the wonderful thing about mothers: you can because you must, and you just do. ~ Kate Winslet
33. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That’s more important. ~ Diane von Furstenberg
34. “Though I can never repay you for your love and care, I can’t miss expressing my gratitude, love, and reverence on this beautiful day of the year! Special Mothers Day Greetings to my special mom!”
35. Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together. ~ Susan Gale
36. Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children ~ Alex Haley
37. I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them ~ Phyllis Diller
38. Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete ~ Marcy DeMaree
39. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation. ~ James Faust
40. It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. ~ Roald Dahl
41. Being a mom is a thankless job until Mother’s day. Here’s your annual thank you!
42. A world without you would be a hollow place. You fill my heart with joy, love, and support. I’m so happy to have the best mum in the world!
43. “I know we argue sometimes, but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate and love you more than you could ever know.”
44. My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. ~ Buddy Hackett
45. When your mother asks, “Do you want a piece of advice?” it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway. ~ Erma Bombeck

Mother’s Day Message Closings

A warm closing before your signature is like the bow on top! Choose one of ours, or come up with one of your own.

1. With love, on Mother’s Day
2. Happy Mother’s Day to the greatest mum ever!
3. Wishing you all the love and happiness you so richly deserve.
4. To our rock, on Mother’s Day
5. Wishing you a fabulous Mother’s Day!
6. You’re the best mom I could have asked for.
7. Hugs and kisses, on Mother’s Day
8. Thank you for always being there for me!
9. Love you always, on Mother’s Day
10. To the best mum in the world, Happy Mother’s Day!
11. Wishing you happiness,
12. Love and cuddles, on Mother’s Day
13. God bless, on Mother’s Day
14. I hope you have a very happy Mother’s Day!
15. Wishing you a very special Mother’s Day.
16. All our love, on Mother’s Day

When is Mother’s Day 2021?

In the United Kingdom MOther’s Day “Mothering Sunday” is celebrated on Sunday, March 14th, 2021.

Mother’s Day is for the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and many other countries, is celebrated on Sunday, May 9th, 2021.

What do you say on Mother’s Day?

Mother’s Day is a day to thank your mum, ma, mummy, your rock or whatever you like to call her for all that she has done and sacrificed for you each and every day of your life.

It’s always nice to thank your mum, for the endless washing, dinner, games, advice and just for being there for you, and today is the day to spoil her on her special day.