Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, from all us “kids” out there… Did you know it was 100 years ago that president Woodrow Wilson recognized Mother’s Day as a national holiday? Yep, 1914, and a hundred years later we’re still finding creative ways to celebrate and honor moms or the memories of our mothers passed.

As authors, that’s often all about the words… the inspiring words about mom, or what mom may have done to inspire your writing…

Here, links to some Mother’s Day collections of words you may enjoy. Have a story about being a mom or about your own mother? Let your readers know how your mother may have inspired your writing. Share it on your blog; offer up the link with your comment below. We’ll watch for fun stories throughout today and post ’em at our Facebook and Twitter pages, too.

Stories and Poems about Mothers and for Mother’s Day

Read poems and reflections by and about mothers, and tributes to some amazing mothers, on Plough.com’s Mother’s Day page.