If there are two biscuits left, your child will be the one with crumbs on his or her face. That is a mother. A mother is the first one up and the last one down, the first to cook but the last to get to the table. That is a mother. There is a lot of self sacrifice that comes with being a mother.
Many women raise children.
Then some of them rise to the level of motherhood. Motherhood means not going to sleep until the last member of the family is present and accounted for. All the sheep are counted. This is an instinct that God has built into all of the females of his creation but we as humans, have the power to over-ride the instinct. A mother duck keeps all her ducklings in line.