100 Short and Sweet Messages to Write in a Mother's Day Card

Moms do so much for us. From always kissing it better when you scraped your knee as a kid to being a best friend and confidante as an adult, they are there every step of the way to love and support you. So how do you decide what to write in a Mother’s Day card to sum up all of the love you have shared? It’s not an easy task!

Luckily, these Mother’s Day wishes are perfect for expressing your love and appreciation for everything your mom has done for you this Mother’s Day. They are perfect to put in a card whether you're writing to your mom, grandma, wife or another important maternal figure. Pair them with a thoughtful Mother’s Day gift or with a couple of touching Mother’s Day quotes and she might just shed a few happy tears.

Don’t be afraid to personalize these suggestions with a funny story, special memory, or pet name that’s important to you. After all, each relationship is special in a different way; these suggestions can be just a starting place to really help capture how much you cherish your mom this Mother's Day.

• You hold such a special place in my heart. I’m so grateful for you.
• You’ve always supported me from the very first day.
• Raising me took a lot of patience. Sorry!
• Sorry if I drove you crazy sometimes—but you know I only do that to people I love!
• I appreciate all the sacrifices you made so I could succeed.
• You’re simply the best.
• I’m so lucky to have the best mom in the world.
• You help me bloom.
• Thanks for all the hugs, I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
• You are the most selfless person I know.

• You are my best friend and an amazing mother to our children.
• You’re the heart that makes our house a home.
• Thank you for everything you do for me and for our children. We couldn’t do it without you.
• Somehow you manage to do it all — and make it look easy.
• Thank you for the life and family we’ve built together. I love you.
• I love watching you raise our kids into incredible human beings.
• I see all that you do, and I’m grateful for you every day.
• You’ve given me the greatest gift of all: Our beautiful family.

• Sending Mother's Day wishes today from the luckiest child in the world!
• It’s my time to tell you how fortunate I am to be blessed with a mother like you. I wish you a happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
• Wishing a very Happy Mother’s Day to someone who has been an inseparable part of my growing up.
• Wishing you the very best day ever. You deserve it!
• Wishing you a day that's full of relaxation, love and your favorite dessert.
• I wish you the happiest of Mother's Day. Love, your favorite child.
• Wishing you a Mother's Day that's as wonderful as you.
• Wishing you a day as special as you are. Happy Mother's Day.
• Wishing you all the love and happiness you so deserve. I hope you have a very happy Mother's Day!
• Wishing you a Mother's Day as fabulous as you!

• You are a total natural at being the world's best mom!
• You are so full of compassion, love, and strength. I love you for all that you are and for all that you do. Happy Mother's Day to the most amazing mother.
• Thank you for all the joy you've brought to my life as my mother.
• Thank you for being my mom, my mentor, and my role model.
  
• Out of all the moms in the world, I'm so glad that you're mine.
• Thank you for being there every day with exactly what I needed.
• Now that I’m older, I don’t just feel gratitude for you—but admiration. I only hope to be a mother as great as you one day.
• Thank you for raising me in a time before you could post embarrassing pictures of me on social media.
• Words can't begin to describe how much you mean to me. I'm so lucky to be your child.
• To my mom, my friend, my angel. Happy Mother's Day.

• Mom, you're the glue that holds our family together.
• You made our house the happiest place to be. Thank you.
• Happy Mother's Day to my greatest teacher, best friend and cheapest therapist!
• I look at our family, and I am so thankful — you made that happen.
• There's simply no one like you.
• I'm who I am today because of you, Mom.
• Thank you for taking care of us, even when it wasn't easy.

• I'm so proud to be your daughter.
• Happy Mother's Day to the best role model I could ever have asked for!
• All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to you.
• Happy Mother’s Day to someone who is truly like a mother to me.
• Words cannot express the unconditional love I have for you.
• I would be lost without your guidance and grace.
• Home is wherever you are, Mom.
• The best compliment anyone can give me is to say that I'm just like you.

• You're more than an in-law to me, you're like a second mom. Thank you for all that you do!
• I am so grateful to be a part of your family.
• I really couldn’t have joined a better or more loving family. Thank you for accepting me with open arms.
• We might not be blood, but you've shown me love just like any mother would.
• Happy Mother's Day from the World's Luckiest Son.
• Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who raised me into the man I am today.
• Happy Mother’s Day to my “other mother.” I am so lucky to have two great moms.
• Happy Mother's Day, thank you for everything you do for me and my family.

• Mom, thanks for being my first and forever friend on Facebook. Happy Mother's Day!
• You're the best mom ever—just look at me I turned out amazing!
• Happy Mother's Day to the woman who gave me life taught me how to live it, and never let me forget that I owe her big time.
• Happy Mother's Day to the woman who put up with my teenage mood swings!
• I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you—literally!
• Mom, you deserve the world. But for now, I hope this card will do!
• Mom, thank you for your infinite patience because we all know I didn't deserve it.
• Mom, you're one of my favorite parents.
• Thanks for putting up with me, mom. I know you like a challenge.
• I love you more than (insert sibling's name here) does.
• Congrats, you did a great job raising me to be awesome!
• You are a total natural at being the world's best mom!
• Don't you think it's funny that you're still my mother? You deserve to have been promoted by now!

• "We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." — Cynthia Ozick
  
• "I felt the wash of her love every day, pouring over me." — Aimee Bender
  
• "Sooner or later we all quote our mothers." — Bern Williams
  
• "I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom’s the only reason I know it’s a real thing." — Conor Oberst
  
• "A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." — Marion C. Garretty
  
• "Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of 'Mother'." — Edgar Allen Poe
  
• "A mother's love liberates." — Maya Angelou
• "When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth." — Mitch Albom
• "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." — Rudyard Kipling
• "Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother." — Unknown
• "I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." — George Washington
• "If I know what love is, it is because of you." — Hermann Hesse
  
• "Moms are like buttons — they hold everything together." — Unknown
• “My mom taught me a woman’s mind should be the most beautiful part of her.” — Sonya Teclai

• You’ve always spoiled me rotten, and I’ve loved every second of it.
• Thanks for all the cookies and love. And cookies. Did I mention cookies?
• Happy Mother's Day from your favorite grandchild!
• I cherish every moment we get to spend together, Grandma.
• Your love has shaped me in so many ways, Grandma. Thank you for always supporting me!
• Happy Mother's Day to our family's matriarch!
• "A garden of love grows in a grandmother's heart." — Unknown
• Happy Mother's Day to my best friend, my grandmother.
• You give the best hugs, cook the best meals and have the best grandchild. Happy Mother's Day.
• "A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend." — Unknown
• Thanks for spoiling me all these years. Now it's your turn! Happy Mother's Day.
• Happy Mother's Day to my second mom.

Amanda Garrity

Amanda Garrity is a lifestyle writer and editor with over seven years of experience, including five years on staff at Good Housekeeping, where she covered all things home and holiday, including the latest interior design trends, inspiring DIY ideas and gift guides for any (and every) occasion. She also has a soft spot for feel-good TV, so you can catch her writing about popular shows like Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart and more.