Beautiful Photos of Beautiful Mothers

As a daughter, and a mother, I admit I get a bit sentimental about Mother's Day. With four kids of my own, I certainly understand the change that happens to you after they place in your arms that beautiful child you waited nine months to meet. From the minute that happens everything else in life is second. Like most moms I would do anything to protect or help my kids. Tenneva Jordan, a woman known for little except some great quotes, summed up motherhood perfectly, without flowery prose or ploddy erudition: "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." It's not all about sacrifice and love, however. It's about establishing a new relationship, leading and guiding that little stranger throughout life. It requires ingenuity, patience and trust. Those elements aren't always that easy. Things my mother said and did I may not have understood well as a youngster or a