100 Best Mother's Day Captions That Capture the Love Between You and Mom

Mother's Day is the perfect excuse to flood your feed with love for the woman who's been there since day one! Whether you're showing off adorable throwbacks or Mother's Day brunch selfies, your post deserves more than just a heart emoji. You need a caption that captures all the love, laughs, and memories you share. If words aren't flowing as easily as your photo montage, don't stress! Ahead, you'll find the sweetest, funniest, and most heartfelt Mother's Day captions to help you say it all.

These sweet Mother's Day captions are perfect for an Instagram post so you can celebrate your mom with everyone who loves her. Plus, a cute (or silly!) picture goes a long way—which you can accompany with a caption like this: "This is a photo of my mother and her favorite child." 😂 There are also a few mother-daughter quotes and mother-son quotes that you could use for a caption or write in your Mother's Day card. Whether you're celebrating your own mom or a mother figure in your life, you'll definitely brighten their day with these fun Mother's Day captions for every kind of relationship.

• Her favorite kid, reporting for photo duty.
• Sorry for blowing up your phone every day. Happy Mother's Day!
• A rare Mother's Day miracle: all love, no lectures.
• What to do with an entire day to myself? Said no mother ever.
• Happy Mother's Day to a woman who's even sweeter than the desserts she bakes!
• I love you, even though I'll never accept your follow request.
• A silly snapshot for a silly girl.
• Have a real mother of a Mother's Day.
• A worried mother does more research than the FBI.
• You da mom!
• Keep calm and call your mom.
• Dear Mom, thanks for not charging rent.
• Mom, you're definitely in my top two favorite parents.
• Nothing's really gone until Mom can't track it down.
• Cheers to the woman who gave up wine for nine months, just for me.
• Dad's right: Mom has all the answers.
• She was ahead of the curve with those mom jeans.
• Here's to my OG BFF.
• Mom, I forgive you for replacing me with cats.
• Considering the houseplants, I'm lucky to be alive.
• HMD to the person who uses my voicemail like it's her own personal podcast.
• No, I didn't forget to take the chicken out of the freezer this Mother's Day. 😂
• Consider this your reminder to give your mama a call today!
• Me and my mom are like wine... we get better with age!

• Not always eye to eye, but always heart to heart.
• Thanks for keeping me grounded while encouraging me to fly.
• If moms were flowers, I would pick you.
• Mom: A title just above Queen.
• Mom by chance, bestie by choice.
• Life doesn't come with a manual, it comes with a mom.
• Whether near or far apart, a mother's love is always in your heart.
• Happy Mother's Day to the kindest person I know.
• You've given me the confidence I needed growing up, and I'm forever thankful.
• My happy place is you, mama!
• There is simply no way I could have done this life thing without your guidance.
• Photo evidence of a mom next to her very proud daughter.
• You are genuinely the strongest person I know.
• There's not a day when I don't appreciate you, but just making it extra known today!
• I wrote this after I finished tearing up because of how much I love you.
• I know my worth all thanks to you.
• You're looking at two peas in a pod.
• No words, just 💗.
• I can feel my mother's love from miles away.
• No matter how old we may be, sometimes we just need our moms.
• Your loving spirit helped me find my own.
• If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

• "You know every story, every wound, every memory. Their whole life's happiness is wrapped up in you... every single second." —Stepmom
• "Somebody up there has got it in for me. I bet it's my mother." —Mamma Mia!
• "My mom is too cool." —The Parent Trap
• "I think I'm my mom's best friend, more than a daughter" —Bright Lights
• "My mother used to say: The older you get, the better you get. Unless you're a banana." —The Golden Girls
• "I think you're a great, cool kid and the best friend a girl could have." —Gilmore Girls
• "I'm just here as your mother. I'd rather not get involved." Bonnie, Mom
• "I take motherhood for granted sometimes. That they'll love you forever. That they'll love you at all." —Elena Richardson, Little Fires Everywhere
• "When you're a mom, you get a front row seat to the best show in town: watching your kids grow up." —Rebecca, This Is Us
• "Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it." —Elastigirl in The Incredibles
• "I love you a thousand yellow daisies." —Gilmore Girls
• "It's not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it." —The Golden Girls
• "I'm not a regular mom, I'm a cool mom." —Mean Girls
• "I need her to make me some cocoa and tell me that everything that is going badly in my life will sort itself out." —You've Got Mail

• "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." —Abraham Lincoln
• "The best place to cry is on a mother's arms." —Jodi Picoult
• "My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was." —Lisa Leslie
• "It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in life—you never stop needing your mom." —Kate Winslet
• "I love you 3000." —Avengers: Endgame
• "My mom taught me a woman's mind should be the most beautiful part of her." —Sonya Teclai
• "My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of anyone else in the world." —Maya Angelou
• "A mother is best. A mother knows what is inside you." —Amy Tan
• "As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong." —Kristin Hannah
• "A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled." —Emily Dickinson
• "I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is." —Oprah Winfrey
• "A mother and daughter's love is never separated." —Viola Shipman
• "My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent." —Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• "A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's." —Princess Diana
• "A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." —Tenneva Jordan
• "When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth." —Mitch Albom
• "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." —Oprah Winfrey

• "She said I don't care if you're 80, you'll always be my baby." —Blake Shelton
• "She's the sky that holds the clouds. She's the lady of the house, a blind believer in all I dare to be." —The Band Perry
• "I admire you for the strength you've instilled in me." —Justin Bieber
• "Always know that you've got a daughter that's so, so proud you took the high road." —Beyoncé
• "For all the mothers fighting for better days to come and all my women, all my women sitting here trying to come home before the sun." —Alicia Keys
• "I know you were on my side even when I was wrong; And I love you for giving me your eyes, staying back and watching me shine." —Taylor Swift
• "You might have a mom, she might be the bomb, but ain't nobody got a mom like mine." —Meghan Trainor
• "Wish we didn't live so far from each other, I'm just sitting here thinking 'bout the time that's slipping and missing my mother." —Kacey Musgraves
• "You taught me strength, and you gave me guidance. Whenever faith was lost you were there to find it." —Ashanti
• "You showed me just how to walk without your hands; 'Cause mom you always were the perfect fan." —Backstreet Boys
• "You taught me everything. Everything you've given me I'll always keep it inside. You're the driving force in my life." —Boyz II Men
• "You've given me everything that I will need to make it through this crazy thing called life." —Carrie Underwood
• "Even when the times got hard you were there to let us know that we'd get through." Good Charlotte

• Motherhood requires love, not DNA.
• Thank you for choosing to love and support me and being there when I need you the most.
• "Only an aunt can give hugs like a mother, keep secrets like a sister and share love like a friend." —Unknown
• Happy Mother's Day to the best Bonus Mom I could ever ask for.
• You're not technically my mom, but I love you like my mom and that's what matters the most.
• Everything I am, you helped me to be.
• Without you in my life, I don't know where I would be!
• Every time I need a mom, you're right there for me.
• We may not be related by blood, but we're connected by love.

Erin Cavoto

Erin Cavoto is the Editorial Assistant at ThePioneerWoman.com, covering food, holidays, home decor, and more.