We'd asked you, dear readers to send us pictures of you and your mother.
Here are some interesting responses we received from you.
Syed Muzammiluddin from Hyderabad, Telangana, shared a cute picture with his late mother Amina Shahnaz from the 1980s and got nostalgic about the lessons he learned from her:
I remember on the fateful night of March 5 this year when I prepared the night tea and served to my mother who was largely confined to bed.
She immediately prayed for my long life, progress and happiness -- her routine habit, although from my side I considered this effort more of routine than specifically aimed to benefit her.
Yet, when after midnight she suddenly collapsed, I realised how precious her prayers were.
As I nostalgically traced a photograph of me with her in the 1980s, I find in her a homely woman complacent with the presence of her son.
The picture hardly exhibits any emotions on her face.
She hailed from the pre-selfie era where smiling faces in those days could be safely credited to the cameran's cue of 'smile please'. But this picture was devoid of expressions as it was clicked at home.
Since my childhood, I remember my mother eagerly talking to me only to know if I wanted to eat or wear something.
She spared no stone unturned in seeing that all my desires of enticing food and fanciful clothing were met.
My mother also contributed a lot to charity.
When I was little, she asked those she helped to pray for me instead her in lieu of the support she offered.
When I got married, she asked them to pray for me, my wife and later, our kids, but never once, for herself.
I wondered how kind and selfless she was.
The most memorable lesson I got from my mother was her satisfaction with life.
At the end of each day, she offered a special thanksgiving prayer to Almighty. Even when there was no perceptible achievement to quote.
For her, everyday was a gift of life and her family was complete with me, my father, my wife and our children.
But her passing away was a sudden and rude shook to all of us.
Though we can no longer see, touch or talk to her, we still feel her graceful presence among us.
Rakesh Kumar Singh penned an emotional note along with a picture of his late mother Smt Sheela Rani Singh:
My mother was my power. She was my strength and motivation who encouraged me during my failures.
She was always there during my happiness and sad times.
She struggled to give her children best education and upbringing by sacrificing her dreams.
She had only 2 to 3 sarees as she wanted her children to get the best clothes.
I worked harder so I could fulfill her dream of having her own big house. When I finally did it, she was very excited.
I ensured everything in the house would be her choice -- including the interiors. Unfortunately we shifted on October 20, 2018 and she was hospitalised on November 6, 2018. On November 14, 2018, she breathed her last.
It was the biggest setback in my life to know that I had spent my entire life to fulfil her dream and when the day came, she could not even spend a month in it.
Mom we miss you a lot and no one can replace you. Without you life is difficult..
We have kept your room as it was and it will stay so for the rest of our lives.
Vanita K from Mumbai sent us a selfie with her mother Sulochana D and wrote: 'She is my world, inspiration, and my strongest supporter. I love Amma'
KGS posted this picture with his mother along with a message in Marathi: 'Aai, tuza ashirvad sada asu de tuzya tyaga mulech mala ajacha divas baghayla milat aahe, shubheccha.'
(Dear mother, please continue to shower your blessings. Your sacrifice has enabled me to become who I am today.)
Rediff reader Sneha also uploaded a picture with her mother and son.
'My mother is my life... I am nothing without you ma... My first love ....Happy mothers Day,' Sneha wrote.
