I am a Professional Wedding Officiant, and since I am an Ordained Minister (I have a real ordination!), I also do baby blessings.  I am going to be talking about mothers tonight.   What is a mother?   At my weddings, I do a Thank You to the mother of the bride and the mother of the groom.  And at Baby Blessings/Baptisms, we talk about what the mother and the father want for their child and what they learned from their parents.