What Will You Say? A must-watch video for Mother's Day!

The best gift for mom is to tell her how you feel.
We asked dozens of people from all walks of life to share stories about their moms, in time for Mother’s Day.
The result?
A surprising, compelling, and emotionally vulnerable story about the transformative impact of moms.
The best gift for mom this Mother’s Day isn’t flowers or a pedicure. Just tell her what’s in your heart. Life is unpredictable and these things shouldn’t go unsaid. As one daughter put it, “Mom, you did good.”
Tell us…what will you say to your mom this Mother’s Day? @echostories #whatwillyousay
Since 1999, ECHO has been making books, videos, magazines, and digital stories for individuals who want to leave a legacy, and for companies who need to engage employees and customers.
The #whatwillyousay video was directed by ECHO Video Director Pete McCormack. Shortlisted for an Oscar in 2010 for his documentary Facing Ali, his latest project is Spirit Unforgettable, a powerful film about the iconic Canadian band Spirit of the West and their frontman John Mann’s struggle with early-onset Alzheimer’s.
Find out more about the making of the #whatwillyousay video: www.echostories.com/blog
Find out more about ECHO Storytelling Agency: www.echostories.com
Facebook: / echostorytellingagency
Twitter: / echostories
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Executive Producer: ECHO Storytelling Agency
Creative Director: Samantha Reynolds
Director: Pete McCormack
Director of Photography: Ian Kerr
Editor: Pete McCormack
Music: Pete McCormack
Camera Assistant: Chris Mennell
Sound: Jim Ursulak
Assistant/Online Editor: Josh Pratt
Production Manager: Carmen Kerr
Production Assistant: Jane Hope
Make-Up: Ghassan Shanti

[@virgotendencies653]

The older you get, the more you realize how amazing your mom is!

[@deadaccount4522]

Not here. The more I realize the brainwashing..

[@CitizenKane380]

speak for yourself

[@savonne]

Very true sorry the people below didn't have good moms

[@funforkidsforever]

That is so true.

[@conniewaterman1673]

I was blessed to always know I had a good Mother. My Mom endured every kind of abuse and wasn't always perfect. She died 2 years ago and I have grieved terribly. It is so essential to forgive.❤

[@MohandasKPProf]

There is no one like our mother in this world. She loves you, suffers for you, and cares for you more than any one else, more than she loves herself. Thank you Mum who sacrificed your life for us, children of yours.

[@valanzo7]

😢... mom's are the most wonderful, loving, caring people in this world. No matter what you become - an abject failure or a tremendous success, mom's love never wanes... There's no one like a mother! 🎉... Love ❤️ & Best Wishes to all moms.

[@johnburns9736]

I'm so proud to be part of Echo Storytelling and this video project. "Every story starts with Mom" - so lovely.

[@MsMadmax1]

If your mother is still living, take the time to tell her everything she's meant to you. And for all the mothers who have lost a child, remember they're still mothers. Don't be afraid to go to them and say, "I know your loss makes it hard to celebrate but just remember that it's for us to celebrate you. You're still a mom and to the child you lost you still meant everything to them for as long as they were here. For all the women who wanted to be mom but weren't able to, you can still be the very definition of what a mother is--loving, caring, kind, self-sacrificing, understanding and accepting so someone that doesn't have a mother, or someone who needs an extra mom can know that they are love. Don't let the fact that you didn't give birth make you bitter, angry or jealous. Don't shut out the opportunity to show a child who needs that soft place to land that someone cares. I lost my sweet mother 5 years ago. Even though I took care of her for the last 15 years of her life, I often wonder if I did enough. She passed away at home, even though doctors said I should put her in a nursing home. I held her hand, telling her I loved her and that it was okay for her to go until she took her last breath. As hard as that was, I was glad I was blessed with that opportunity to care for her in her last days the way she cared for me in my first days. I like to think I did okay. Mom, I still miss you each and every day! Wait for me in heaven.

[@simplypatty.]

Watching this right now because i am planning to surprise my mom this mother’s day.

[@lanebt4670]

I love my mama. She's in my heart. If she dies before me, a part of my heart will die too. She's been my rock. Thank you mama.

[@shivag73]

If I am half the woman and mother my mom was, I will have succeeded in life. I miss you every day Mom.

[@zzz4baby]

So touching! Your mom sounds like an amazing woman. I'm sure she's watching over you and is so proud of the person and mother you've become. Sending you lots of love and strength on this Mother's Day. 💕 #WhatWillYouSay

[@bonniechampagne2992]

I tell my Moma she's the best Mother in the world. She always wanted what was best for my brothers and I. She was kind to everyone. She was my rock... Wish I hadn't given her any bad times...she is so precious...a real champion in my life 👵

[@brentaxel0000]

I am 6yrs old but I feel that mothers are amazing, I gave flowers to few💐❤️

[@marieperry5052]

This video was posted on my company's employee portal. I watched it and started bawling my eyes out. I lost my Mom to cancer in 2011. Not a day goes by that I don't think about Her. She would be really proud of the work I do and what my company stands for.

[@nancyfornasiero5570]

Wonderful job! I nodded, smiled, giggled and required many tissues too.

[@silent_artycosmicsky9771]

I miss my mother.. She was my hero.. 🥺😭🤧

[@kingjiang8455]

Great maternal love, I love my mother .

[@hildaramroop9611]

Yes we sacrifice our life for our children because we brought them here they did not ask to be here we brought them here

[@QueenEstellaFashion]

These videos are so emotional

[@ZedZeeni]

Last answer from that cute girl was just awesome. really love the video. 😊

[@ZedZeeni]

Awww this kid is so cute at 1:42 😊 Just love the video and background piano music is enhancing emotional feelings and making you cry. Very well done.

[@carolyntrahan9751]

Precious precious blessings most were

[@betsyhall5094]

My mom was my best friend!!! She was string in Christ as was my dad!!! She went home to God in 2014 at the age of 90!! I miss her so much, but I know I will see her again!!! Thank you, Jesus!!

[@mengheangguesthouse]

I miss my mom she is my hero 🥺 I love you

[@FSFSGPCTempleofGrace]

THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO😭😭😭A MOTHER'S LOVE IS WONDERFUL

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

Love Mothers Day!

[@Yourmom0709]

This video is absolute. Thank you for a small reminder what my mother always means to me. ♥️

[@GMTX-qj8or]

Happy Mothers day to all the Mom's around the world - Big hug from Australia :) X0X0

[@ravneetohri9424]

My mom ,my rock ,my strength ❤

[@emilygroenewoud8843]

I'm in tears😭😭😭😭

[@gowthamkissan1478]

I love you mom

[@mariacharlesworth6593]

I'm crying so hard right now😥😥😥

[@heidigividen9569]

My mom died with lung cancer when she was on chemo she did drugs and it killed her she was 46 she was my best friend I love her and miss her alot

[@michellechappelle-toala7802]

❤❤❤❤

[@benedictchankhunseng7094]

Awwwww i love you mom

[@NoneExisting69]

Ok this is so cute yes mother’s are important

[@p0l.0pa]

my mum sadly passed away for unone type of illness I'm 11 it's hard knowing that your hopes were up then ripped to pice when you are told and in memory her verry last painting

[@MK-gi1il]

Aww feel so bad

[@birdiereyes9874]

i love you mom

[@ruzzellabiera644]

I have this one thing that I will forever regret -- and that is when I didn't come home when she actually wanted me to come home. one night, I just received the worst news and that my mom passed away.

[@bobdewey6727]

This is a great video with a great message.

[@AbotsiHot]

I don't need anyone to convince me, that those who disliked this were dug from the earth.

[@TechNoLogicallyTechie]

Happy mother's day ❤️🌻💐☮️🕊️

[@dsethi05]

Thank you so much .

[@lanremadiba]

This is emotional. Got me in my feelings. We love our mothers and fathers. We should say it not only once in a year but regularly. Celebrate your loved ones - every day! #Igotastorytotell

[@lilbitcrum4749]

What a beautiful blessing from our creator ...our Moms! So grateful she was mine..my Mom! Her last words to me were I love you and she puckered up her lips for me to kiss her and blew her last breath as I was kissing her! I think of you everyday and miss you so much, sweet spark of love & light, my Mom!

[@seeseteb]

God's gift is a mom😊 they are the only one who loves us more than their own..... all thanks to all mothers out there❤❤❤❤

[@tutsybassista]

My worst fear is losing my mom! 💔 She's come close to dying a few times, but she's tough! She's my ONLY close, living, relative left.... Those prayers really work; just believe. Once they're gone, they're gone. So, tell your mom you love her every f*cking day. Tomorrow isn't promised....❤️

[@zzz4baby]

Thank you for sharing your heartfelt message! It's so important to cherish our loved ones every day. We're glad to hear that your mom is a tough fighter. Sending positive vibes your way! #familylove 💕

[@PeacePlease.]

A VERY SWEET VIDEO - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE "TEA BAGS" OUT THERE - ("A woman is like a tea bag, you never know her strength, until she's in hot water") STAY STRONG!!

[@AbotsiHot]

She said maybe a $100 ,because a $100 to her is the biggest amount of money anyone could be paid.

[@emilygroenewoud8843]

Ye that's what I was thinking

[@Alessastarz]

I wish i had gotten to experience this love for my mother....i may have gotten the raw end of the deal as a kid but i guess god has me go through that so becoming a mother would help me transform into the person my kids deserve. And i agree with the forgiveness. I wish my mom was still alive so i could show her the love she always deserved she jist needed someone to give her that support and love. She just needed someone to say you have value and i love you no matter what.

[@airamtoca593]

Wow this is amazing

[@gredak5379]

My role model.... Mi guia mi maestra

[@pearlmorolong5649]

i cried

[@MissBrendaLeeGertman]

Now, I understand...

[@kimberbrown3830]

1.45 that boy cry me loudly. Amazing. When you grow up dobt forget for your parents. They wanna be loved and one good words, to buy them gifts and what he not like buy bcoz they save money for your kids. I cannot imagina what will do bcoz my granny my best friend died. All my grannies and grandfathers died. If my mom die my world will stop pulsing and its one new silence freedom.

[@ginafriend1690]

💕

[@jewelgoh362]

Moms should be paid a billion

[@user-ri7qo9hv8z]

No One can win mother's love

[@sramureddy1586]

My mom is very good and my Hart

[@VIVIENDOENTEJAS1]

Tell your mom you love her everyday, take care of them as they took care of you as a child. I love and miss my mom everyday it's been almost six months since we lost her at 65, I'm just glad I was able to take care of her along with my sister till her last breath.

[@marcvoyvodich1770]

Thanks for sharing Tim. Funny and poignant!

[@Countryhack01]

Sure is funny ..

[@saint9620]

I cried

[@tomernsting3030]

Hello

[@annasxfa]

i wish i could say the same, my mom is an awful person.

[@amadeajennings79]

Jerusalem My Mother I love you soo much and I’m sorry for constantly forgetting your love and sacrifice for me 🥲

[@karenlam7766]

Great video! Can I play this on Mother's Day, during our Sunday service which will be live streamed on KZbin?

[@unsighyettea5157]

Hello Echo! Just asking... When will you upload videos again?

[@francismausley7239]

"Do we, as a society at large, show respect for mothers as educators of their children, keepers of their homes, and valuable contributors to the progress of humanity?" ~ Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks, Baha'i Faith

[@sentinelledjed9229]

I love my mom I think I didn’t do much for you

[@shaw9908]

Three years ago today i was put out my birth "mother's" front door, literal despite, the weird things people see me do, they have been my best years of life to date! #FollowingMorningOfTheMothersDayILiteralDidntReallyNeedOne

[@suvelemas]

Sorry if you dislike this video. Not all moms will be awesome. Make peace with it. It's not your fault.

[@DilipKumar-ve1xz]

Lovely amazing your mom" all are purchased but mom is not purchased our market!! D.k.sir-asansol.

[@AstroHowse]

It’s ok, The water wanted to escape my eyes today anyways.

[@homebase967]

Such a sweet video!! Mahalo!!❤️

[@benkingsley4549]

Hello my friend

[@ilyasmoulayramdanemoulat1624]

Even she's upset me often I like her I love her and I would like that she tell it to me even if she express it

[@dancook2425]

Amazing loved this!!!! Really hits the heart without all the woke crap going in this world mind You this was made 7 years ago

[@itsme_roro]

Hi, can we use some part for our mothers day presentation?

[@lianaalyoussef3442]

What is the instrumental music used?

[@shaw9908]

#ImLiteralResignedFromKnowingAndHavingAnythingToDoWithMyBirthMotherOfBloodAnymore

[@kristulkia]

Would it be possible to get those questions that people were asked in this video?

[@doriandavis3203]

This is an amazing project. Does anyone know the song in the background? It is beautiful

[@johnburns9736]

+Dorian Davis I believe it's an original composition by the video director, Pete McCormack!

[@doriandavis3203]

+John Burns wow it's beautiful. thank you!

[@abangpredator2669]

i can feel it, but i dont understand english language T_T

[@shuhongzhu3213]

hello, could I repost this video on another unprofitable video platform? thanks!

[@shaw9908]

I'm really literal okay with my mother dying in three months from this mother's day on sunday do as told or literal nothing! #DieOrGetMarriedToARoyal #LiteralEitherOne

[@cynthiamassa3786]

[@cafepoem189]

"Sonnets are full of love" by Christina Rossetti Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome Has many sonnets: so here now shall be One sonnet more, a love sonnet, from me To her whose heart is my heart’s quiet home, To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome; Whose service is my special dignity, And she my loadstar while I go and come And so because you love me, and because I love you, Mother, I have woven a wreath Of rhymes wherewith to crown your honored name: In you not fourscore years can dim the flame Of love, whose blessed glow transcends the laws Of time and change and mortal life and death.

[@brendabrittain7027]

Mother day today mom So Much Her Today Kailee Love you the dear Mother day love you Her Mom is Kids the my Thoughts with my love you bother JJ I’m either way asleep 😴 or

[@shaw9908]

Perhaps my literal birth "mother" isn't the 1/3 of the person i'am! #ImLiteralThirtyOneSoImGoingToRelax

[@americapatton9266]

🫶

[@deadaccount4522]

I don't have a good mom.

[@somamallick6534]

Krte kz

[@somamallick6534]

IR l4t6