Of Faith, Faithfulness & Sacrificial Love

What is the biblical perspective on motherhood and what can we learn from some extraordinary mothers of faith, faithfulness and sacrificial love? "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers" (David C. Gross, Dictionary of 1,000 Jewish Proverbs). "Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice" (Proverbs 23:25).