A belated Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Anyone else want to vote for it to be Mother’s Week? Still in the mood for being feted? Then check out our fabulous Mother’s Day Author Blogs, which are back for a seventh year! We’re sharing pieces from authors who talk about how their moms influenced them to become readers and writers, along with their own experiences as mothers and their views on motherhood. This year, we heard from Viola Shipman, Elizabeth J. Church, Helen Simonson, Martha Hall Kelly, Mary Volmer, Ruth Wariner and Beatriz Williams. One story is better and more inspiring than the next!