A Tribute to my Mothers

"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

My mom, and Nana to Max and 15 others

"I remember my mother's prayers, and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."--Abraham Lincoln JoAnn, the greatest mother-in-law in the world and Grandma to Max

"The future destiny of a child is always the work of its mother."--NapoleonMy adorable Gram, and Max's Great Gram

"Why did God make mothers? To teach us how to love Him. To teach us how to love."--Larissa Carrick The ultimate party thrower-Grandma J. & Max's Great Grandma J.

"The successful mother, the mother who does her part in rearing and training aright the boys and girls who are to be the men and women of the next generation, is of greater use to the community....She is more important by far than the successful statesman or businessman or artist or scientist." Theodore Roosevelt