Dear Mums,

on the occasion of your holiday, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you. For what you do for your families, for the community around you and, therefore, for our country.

For your children, you are the centre of the universe. Present during their first smile, word or step, explaining the world, sharing unconditional love and understanding, always ready for devotion – you play a role in which no one can substitute for you.

Many times, you come to the rescue, give support and comfort in need. Your children’s success brings you much more joy than your own, and their failures hurt you more. With them, you grow up, develop and mature as women. You go through their moments of happiness and worries. Nobody understands them as you do.

Therefore, the love of the mother or the heart of the mother are synonymous with the purest, unselfish and unconditional feeling. And for her child, the mother always remains the only and closest person.

So, on this special day – the Mother’s Day – please accept my best wishes. Let your children’s love and gratitude come with you forever, and let their success be the most beautiful prize.

No matter if your children are still small or already adult, may every day bring you the joy of motherhood, a sense of satisfaction and the most beautiful gift – health, smile and joy of your child. May you always be proud of them. So that they can live their lives with all the best things you gave them.

I also wish you a lot of health, cheerfulness and days full of sunshine.

Marlena Maląg

Minister of Family and Social Policy