What’s your favorite memory of your mother?
Costco members respond to our poll, posted to Costco's Facebook page
Playing the piano so we could dance.
Marina Blystone
Coming home from school to the smell of my mother making homemade doughnuts and coffeecakes.
Ann Giovando
Walking, falling and laughing in the deep snow on our way to church one blizzardy Sunday morning in the 1950s.
Johanna Lark
How everyone loved her amazing kindness, sense of humor and love for life. I still see posts from family and friends about how much she was loved and is missed.
Judy Koffroth
Mama loves bluegrass music and used to take us to all-day music festivals at county fairs.
AlSue Lehenbauer
She taught me to give unconditionally and to always laugh.
Karen Newton
Reading to me every night before bed and taking me to the library every week.
Kathy Hamilton
We used to play card games after dinner together and just laugh. It was the perfect ending to the day.
Linda Bonser Helberg
85 million The estimated number of mothers in the U.S.
40% Households with mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family.
26.7 years The median age at which women become mothers in the U.S.
79.5% The percentage of single parents in the U.S. who are mothers.
56.6% Labor force participation rate of all women with children under 18 years of age.
