Mother’s Day Tributes for 2025
Several AJT readers took time to appreciate their moms with Mother's Day Tributes.
AJT asked the community to submit Mother’s Day tributes, telling Jewish Atlanta why their mother deserves the best Mother’s Day. Our three winners are: Delilah Cohen, Allison Crane, and Rebecca McCullough. Mazel tov to our winners! All submissions are featured below.
Winners:
Delilah Cohen – Atlanta, GA
I am so thankful for my mom. She truly deserves the best Mother’s Day. She cares for me and our family, always making sure we feel loved and supported. She takes the time to cook dinner for us, and we cherish the moments we spend together. Whether it’s watching movies, going on trips, or just hanging out, she makes sure we’re always having the best time. On Mother’s Day, she should enjoy herself and feel as special as she makes all of us feel.
My mom always puts our family first. She checks in with my older sisters and makes sure we have everything we need, even if that means sacrificing for herself. She works tirelessly for our community and volunteers whenever she can. We’ve visited museums and learned about history together, and we love talking about our day and what we’ve experienced.
She helps us take care of our pets, plays games with me, swims with me, and loves cooking in the kitchen with us. Above all, she makes sure we all get along and always stands up for us.
Eima, you truly deserve an amazing Mother’s Day! I love you so much!
Mia Cohen
Allison Crane – Cumming, GA
My mom deserves the best Mother’s Day Ever because she is the one always caring for everyone else. She has been my dad’s caretaker for a couple of years now and continues to put his needs before hers. She deserves a trophy but doesn’t look for one, as her love and care are things she does from her heart. It would be nice to see my mom (also my son’s Mimi) spoiled by us all and given an extra special day to remind her of how much we love her.
Jenelle Lovell
Rebecca McCullough – Roswell, GA
My mom is determined to make people laugh and have fun, even when they don’t want to. She works really hard. At her job, at home, at talking me off the ledge, and all she ever asks for is for me to post one of those “happy birthday, couldn’t do life without this queen, love you mom” tribute posts on Instagram.
Honestly, I could do without her random public dancing, but you take the bad with the good. And there is a lot of good. She remembers my friends’ birthdays. She teaches me weirdly helpful things like how to pretend she’s me on a help chat to get what I need or how to wear rainbow Crocs without being embarrassed. But mostly what she does is show up for me. She answers every text I send, every call I make, and helps me with every crisis, even when she’s exhausted.
She deserves the kind of day where she gets to sit back and not worry about a single thing. Just laugh and be happy, which is all she ever really wants anyway.
Isabella McCullough
All Submissions:
Hadas Bernstein – Atlanta, GA
My mother is awesome because she works harder than anyone I know, always doing everything for us. Whether it’s cooking, cleaning, or handling a million things at once, she does it all with patience, a smile, and so much love. She gives her best every single day, even when she’s tired, and she still finds time to be there for us with a smile. Her sense of humor to her surprises, she makes life better and brighter. That’s why she deserves the best Mother’s Day ever
Tehila Bernstein
Miriam Botnick – Atlanta, GA
Growing up, there was a sign hanging in our home that read, “Mother Botnick’s Boarding House for Better Babies.” As my mother prepares to celebrate her 90th birthday in a few short months, I can think of no better gift than to honor the love and care she has shown — not just to her own family, but to so many others over the years.
Whether she was serving as a room mother at school or a Brownie leader, she was always deeply involved in our lives. Her heart had more love to give than one family could hold, and she constantly found ways to share that love with others.
For 35 years, she sponsored a holiday party at a local Boys Club, bringing joy to children who needed it most. When her own mother began to age, she started a support group called Coping with Aging and later went on to help families through her work as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Georgia Ombudsman Program.
She didn’t just share her compassion — she shared our home. Over the years, our house welcomed cousins, teachers, friends, and exchange students, all of whom became part of our extended family.
When she became an empty nester, she turned her attention to supporting our work lives, even being honored as Volunteer of the Year for her contributions. She continues to be the heart of our family, especially during holidays, when she ensures her seven grandchildren are at the center of every gathering.
And in the last 18 months, she’s been blessed with three great-grandchildren — another generation to be touched by her kindness and love.
You are cherished today and every day, Mom. Happy Mothers Day!
Karen Botnick Paz
Daniela Freund – Dunwoody, GA
My mom, Daniela, deserves an unsurpassed Mother’s Day. She deserves this because my mom does miraculous things. For example, when we go to the beach. I always ask her to play soccer with me, and she says yes, unlike my dad, who wants to lie around. Also, Daniela spends so much time during the week planning things for us to do, and I always enjoy them. My mom understands me the best out of anyone in the entire Milky Way Galaxy, even Aliens who are watching our every move. Finally, she always brings me to soccer games early in the morning during the weekend instead of sleeping like a normal adult, and now I’m on a school trip in Savannah with my friends. For the trip, I had to be at school by five, and my mom was the one to wake up early and drive me. Daniela helped me with my bag for this trip, so I could have clean and nice clothes. All in all, I love my mom. My mom does all these amazing things for me, my family, and the community, so she deserves the best Mother’s Day ever.
Beni Freund
Iris Kahn – Atlanta, GA
My mother is the truest Yiddishe momme—strong, resilient, and endlessly giving, with a heart that knows exactly when to offer comfort and when to insist on taking a sweater, even though it’s 80 degrees out.
She taught me that love doesn’t diminish when shared—it expands, endlessly. Each new soul we welcome doesn’t take from us; it makes us bloom, stretching our hearts wider than we ever knew they could go. Whether it’s a child, a partner, or one day, god-willing, a grandchild—our hearts do not split; they grow.
She is deep, profound, poetic, and thought-provoking—a living d’var Torah, a testament to what it means to give, to love, to practice compassion, inclusion, and to build a Jewish home with open arms and a full heart.
She is my light, my home, my greatest teacher. She taught me that true strength isn’t in silence—it’s in raising your voice to cheer for those you love, even when the world tries to drown it out. Her love—steady, proud, and fierce—was louder than anything else.
What she deserves can’t be put into words, but I pray she feels the love—and knows I took the sweater, just like she told me to.
Lara Wachtler
Marilyn Lowenstein – Richmond, VA
My mom is the nicest person! No matter how far away, she is always available to listen and help in any way. A professional deflector and optimist, we rarely get the opportunity to do the same for her. Like many moms, she truly does have eyes in the back of her head, but they are always and only used for good things! We ‘kids’, grandkids and great-grandkids are spread over the world, and ZOOM and/or FaceTime can be tough for her to navigate, so it is hard to properly celebrate and honor mom this Mother’s Day. Of course, Mom has a life of her own, but nothing is more important to her than all of us! Right back at you, mom!
Nancy Weissmann
Maria Vinnik – Atlanta, GA
While words do not do her justice I can only say that; Set in another time, she would still have her instincts.
Set in another place, she would still have her true sense of direction.
In the darkest of times, she honors us with her loyalty.
In the brightest, she holds our family’s heart.
She is the glue that keeps us together, whether she knows it or not.
She is who each of us in the Vinnik family imagines when we hear the word “home.”
We see all her work, all her perseverance — and she deserves the world for it.
But if the question is, why does my mother, Maria Vinnik, deserve the best Mother’s Day ever?
The answer is simple: because she’s my mother.
Yakov Vinnik
Laura Zhiss – Atlanta, GA
My mom is the hardest working person I know. There is no other person on this green earth who is as committed to everything she does other than my mom. She leads a scout troop. She is a retired president of the PTA. But most importantly she is my mom. And no one can take that away from us.
Ben Zhiss
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