100+ Instagram Captions For Mother's Day to Show Her How Much You Love Her

Mother's Day is May 14, which means it's time to shower your mom with all the love and care that she deserves for taking care of you.

While this might mean picking out the perfect gift, taking her out for brunch, buying her a bouquet, and helping out a little bit more around the house for the next couple of days, there's a good chance that you'll also want to post a cute selfie of you and your mom enjoying the special day you have planned. And what's a great selfie without an equally great selfie caption?

If you can't be with your mom on the big day or don't have any recent snaps, we're sure that she'd be just as thrilled to see a throwback pic on your grid, showing off just how cute you were as a kid and how she's still so beautiful after all these years.

And if you're totally a bad planner (guilty 🙋♀️) and forgot to grab a present for mom, scoop up something from our last-minute gift list, or get ready to copy and paste our sweet messages for a heartfelt photo collage.

We've curated the best Instagram captions for Mother's Day that will guarantee you the spot of her favorite child by the end of the day.

💐 Cute Mother's Day Captions

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  • Thanks for being the mom all my friends wish they had.

  • In a world full of trends, you always remain a classic.

  • You give me the strength to face it all.

  • Thank you for helping me become the person I am today.

  • She forever holds the family together.

  • Not always eye to eye but forever heart to heart.

  • To the world, you're a mother but to our family, you're the absolute world.

  • Mom: a title just above queen.

  • Who needs a superhero when you have a mom?

  • Home is wherever mom is.

  • You're more than just my mother, you're also my best friend.

  • No matter how much I say I love you, I always love you more than that.

  • Thank you for always teaching me to stop and smell the roses.

  • Mom: (n.) The person who does the work of twenty, for free.

  • I got it from my mama!

  • I take it as a compliment when people say I'm turning into my mom.

  • You taught me about the glass ceiling — and then showed me how to swing a hammer.

  • Behind every great woman is an even better mother.

  • A mom's hug lasts long after she lets go.

  • No matter what age you are, sometimes you just need your mom.

  • I'd choose you as my mom every time.

💐 Funny Mother's Day Captions

  • She wore mom jeans before it was cool.

  • Happy Mothers Day to the person who uses my voicemail like a podcast.

  • Mom, I love you loads. Speaking of, can you do my laundry?

  • Mom by chance, bestie by choice.

  • I love how we don’t have to say out loud that I’m your favorite child.

  • Mom aka the best person to have brunch with.

  • Mom, I'm sorry for all the times I didn't take the chicken out of the freezer. I get it now.

  • If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the beginning.

  • I love you, even though I'll never accept your follow request.

  • Happy Mother’s Day to the only person who stood between me and a life of crime.

  • My mom is my best friend, but I might be too annoying to be hers.

  • Do moms even sleep or do they just watch over everyone with their eyes closed?

  • I get it from my mama!

  • Let this be a formal apology for ages 13-19.

  • I'm so grateful my mom never blocked my number.

  • I still can't fold a fitted sheet, but you did a good job.

  • My mom is the best at making sure I'm not a complete mess.

  • Thanks for loving me through all my awkwardness.

  • She's not like a regular mom, she's a cool mom!

  • Let's be honest here, we all know that I'm her favorite child.

  • Sorry for kicking you in the womb.

  • You deserve a medal for how awesome I turned out to be!

  • Thanks for always being right about everything.

  • Nothing is lost until your mother can't find it.

  • Mom — you’re definitely one of my favorite parents.

  • Life doesn't come with a manual, it comes with a mom.

  • Motherhood: Powered by love. Fueled by coffee.

  • I feel bad for other people, I clearly got the best mom.

  • Thanks for making me who I am. Whether that's good or bad is a matter of opinion.

  • Thanks for always sharing your food, clothes, and personal space.

  • Moms are the only ones who know the true meaning of 24/7.

  • Hardworking, smart, and beautiful — I think I'll keep her around.

  • A mom is the only person in life who's smelled your butt without complaint.

💐 Mother's Day Quotes

  • "My mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her." — Susan Gale

  • "My mother is everything to me. She's my anchor. She's the person I go to when I need to talk to someone. She is an amazing woman." — Demi Lovato

  • "To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow." — Maya Angelou

  • "When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know." — Charley Benetto

  • "There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always." — Taylor Swift

  • "There will be so many times you feel like you failed. But in the eyes, heart, and mind of your child you are super mom." — Stephanie Precourt

  • "My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was." — Lisa Leslie

  • "I love you 3000." — Tony Stark, Avengers End Game

  • "It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in life—you never stop needing your mom." Kate Winslet

  • "A mother's love liberates." Maya Angelou

  • "To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power." —Maya Angelou

  • "Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are." — Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  • "Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me." — Lady Gaga

  • "A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s." — Princess Diana

  • "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." — Abraham Lincoln

  • "Call your mother. Tell her you love her. Remember you're the only person who knows what her heart sounds like from the inside." — Rachel Wolchin

  • "He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark." — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • "My mother is a walking miracle." — Leonardo DiCaprio

  • "Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face." — George Eliot

  • "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." Oprah Winfrey

  • "I would say that my mother is the single biggest role model in my life... She was the love of my life." Mindy Kaling

  • "A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." — Marion C. Garretty.

  • "My mom taught me a woman's mind should be the most beautiful part of her." — Sonya Teclai

  • "A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled." —Emily Dickinson

  • "A mother is best. A mother knows what is inside you." —Amy Tan

  • "When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth." — Mitch Albom

  • "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 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

  • “Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary – it’s an act of infinite optimism.” — Gilda Radner

  • “If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” — Stevie Wonder

  • “It’s not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.” —Dorothy, The Golden Girls

  • “To a child’s ear, ‘mother’ is magic in any language.” — Arlene Benedict

💐 Mother's Day Song Lyrics

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  • "You showed me when I was young just how to grow. You showed me everything that I should know. You showed me just how to walk without your hands. 'Cuz mom you always were the perfect fan." — The Backstreet Boys, 'The Perfect Fan'

  • "You might have a mom, she might be the bomb, but ain't nobody got a mom like mine. Her love's 'til the end, she's my best friend. Ain't nobody got a mom like mine." — Meghan Trainor, 'Mom'

  • "I'll always love my mama. She's my favorite girl. I'll always love my mama. She brought me in this world." — The Intruders, 'I'll Always Love My Mama'

  • "I admire you for the strength you've instilled in me." — Justin Bieber, 'Turn to You'

  • "Lady, don't you know we love you? (Dear Mama) Sweet lady, place no one above you. (You are appreciated) Sweet lady, don't you know we love you? (Dear Mama) Sweet lady." — 2Pac, 'Dear Mama'

  • "Momma sewed the rags together, sewin' every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of." — Dolly Parton, 'Coat of Many Colors'

  • "She's the sky that holds the clouds. She's the lady of the house. A blind believer in all I dare to be, there's no safer place I've found than the shoulder of her white night gown." — The Band Perry, 'Mother Like Mine'

  • "You taught me how to care. You taught me how to share. You taught me how to love and to give thanks to the one above. I love you momma." — Snoop Dogg, 'I Love My Momma

  • "Ain't no tellin' where I'd be if I went without you. Wish I woulda stayed in school, but I dropped out. You taught me how to be strong, gotta give praise. When the times got hard, you always made ways." — 21 Savage, ' letter 2 my momma'

  • "I wanna tell the whole world about a friend of mine, this little light of mine I'm finna let it shine. I"m finna take y'all back to them better times. I'm finna talk about my mama if y'all don't mind." — Kanye West, 'Hey Mama'

  • "She's a queen, second to none. Take care of mother, you only get one." — Mr. T, 'Treat Your Mother Right'

  • "Always know that you've got a daughter that's so, so proud you took the high road." — Beyoncé, 'Ring Off'

  • "So, mother, I thank you for all you've done and still do. You got me, I got you. Together we always pull through." — Christina Aguilera, 'Oh Mother'

  • "You are my world, my favorite girl." — Jhene Aiko and Namiko Love, 'Sing to Me'

  • "Mama I just want you to know lovin' you is like food to my soul." — Boyz II Men, 'A Song for Mama'

  • "I'm just sitting here thinking 'bout the time that's slipping and missing my mother." — Kacey Musgraves, 'Mother'

  • "I know you were on my side even when I was wrong; I love you for giving me your eyes, staying back and watching me shine." — Taylor Swift, 'The Best Day (Taylor's Version)'

  • "So now I see through your eyes, all that you did was love. Mama I love you, mama I care." — Spice Girls, 'Mama'

  • "So when you’re lost and you’re tired when you’re broken in two, let my love take you higher 'cause I still turn to you." — Justin Bieber, 'Turn to You'

  • "You've given me everything that I will need to make it through this crazy thing called life." — Carrie Underwood, 'Mama's Song'

  • "You taught me to run, you taught me to fly. Helped me to free the me inside. Helped me hear the music of my heart." — *NSYNC, 'Music Of My Heart'

  • "You knew that I was gonna be something. When you're stressed out and you need something, I got you." — Drake, 'Look What You've Done'

  • "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, 'Superwoman'

  • "You taught me strength, and you gave me guidance. Whenever faith was lost you were there to find it." — Ashanti, 'Mother'

  • "I only love my bed and my mama, I'm sorry." — Drake, 'God's Plan'

  • "You saw the best there was in me. Lifted me up when I couldn't reach. You gave me faith 'cause you believed. I'm everything I am because you loved me." — Celine Dion, 'Because You Loved Me'

  • "She's your mother, you love her. There won't be another place like her again that you call home." —Sugarland, 'Mother'

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