No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

What I love most about Mother's Day is that I am acknowledged and honored for being a mother.

I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion.

While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of attending birthing classes with my husband.

Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that.

I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong.

When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.