Mother's Day
2027
Sunday, May 9, 2027
Every year, on the second Sunday in May, we pause to celebrate the women who shaped us — one saying at a time.
Countdown to Mother's Day
Words Worth Saying Out Loud
Share one of these with the mom in your life today.
"A mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. — Marion C. Garretty"
"The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation. — James E. Faust"
"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. — Robert Browning"
"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. — Cardinal Mermillod"
"Life doesn't come with a manual — it comes with a mother."
"Behind every great child is a mother who is pretty sure she is messing it up. — Unknown"
"Mothers hold their children's hands for a while and their hearts forever."
"To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world."
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
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Untamed
A motherhood memoir about telling the truth and trusting yourself.
The 5 Love Languages of Children
How kids hear love differently, and how to speak theirs.
Expecting Better
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Love You Forever
The picture book so many moms read until the pages wear out.
About Mother's Day
Mother's Day in the United States is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May. In 2027, Mother's Day falls on Sunday, May 9, 2027. The holiday was officially established in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as a national day of celebration for mothers.
The modern Mother's Day was largely championed by Anna Jarvis, who organized the first official observance in 1908 in Grafton, West Virginia, in memory of her own mother. Jarvis envisioned a quiet, personal day of reflection — though she later lamented how commercialized it became.
Today, Mother's Day is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the world, observed in over 50 countries — though on different dates. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Mothering Sunday falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent. In Australia and New Zealand, it also falls on the second Sunday of May.
However you celebrate, the most meaningful gift is often the simplest: telling her what she means to you — in her own words, or yours.