1. If you're able to, visit Mom in person.

2. If you've already bought a card to send, tuck a personal letter inside of it this year.

3. Send a contribution in Mom's name to a cause that she supports or supported.

4. Consider taking in a foster child who doesn't have a mother (or father).

5. Take a conflict resolution course and have more peace in your home.

6. Patch up a quarrel before it's too late.

7. Help a friend who's a Mom by taking care of her kids one day or evening next week, so she can have some time to do whatever she wants.

8. Plant some flowers or a tree where they'll bring beauty to the world and pleasure to those who see them.

9. Make a meal for your Mom or for another Mom. Just be sure to clean up ALL the dishes, including those you cooked in -- and wipe that splash off the wall, too!

10. If you are a guy, ask your mother out on a dinner date and movie, just the two of you.

11. If your mother has graduated to be with the Lord in Heaven, then why not invite a mom who has no family over to eat dinner with you and your family.

It is simply about making a difference, and that is what MOM's have done for all of us. They made a difference in our lives.

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FUNNY QUOTES: People who were famous, what would their mothers really say?

PAUL REVERE'S MOTHER: "I don't care where you think you have to go, young man. Midnight is past your curfew!"

MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY'S MOTHER: "I don't mind you having a garden, Mary, but does it have to be growing under your bed?"

MONA LISA'S MOTHER: "After all that money your father and I spent on braces, Mona, that's the biggest smile you can give us?"

HUMPTY DUMPTY'S MOTHER: "Humpty, if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times not to sit on that wall. But would you listen to me? Noooo!"

COLUMBUS' MOTHER: "I don't care what you've discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!"

MICHELANGELO'S MOTHER: "Mike, can't you paint on walls like other children? Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?"

NAPOLEON'S MOTHER: "All right, Napoleon. If you aren't hiding your report card inside your jacket, then take your hand out of there and prove it!"

CUSTER'S MOTHER: "Now, George, remember what I told you - don't go biting off more than you can chew!"

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOTHER: "Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can't you just wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"

MARY'S MOTHER: "I'm not upset that your lamb followed you to school, Mary, but I would like to know how he got a better grade than you."

BATMAN'S MOTHER: "It's a nice car, Bruce, but do you realize how much the insurance is going to be?"

LITTLE MISS MUFFET'S MOTHER: "Well, all I've got to say is if you don't get off your tuffet and start cleaning your room, there'll be a lot more spiders around here!"

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MOTHER: "But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something...?"

JONAH'S MOTHER: "That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've really been for the last three days."

SUPERMAN'S MOTHER: "Clark, your father and I have discussed it, and we've decided you can have your own telephone line. Now will you quit spending so much time in all those phone booths?"

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