 My name is Hanine, a woman and a mother from Palestine, Gaza. I work now in Portugal, but my babies are still in Gaza. On this Mother's Day 2019, let us promise to protect all our children and our important planet. Let no mother's child kill another mother's child. Let every mother stand against war. Let every mother call for peace. Let every mother's cry be heard. Instead of flowers give us peace. Instead of brunch and the wars, let no more mothers raise their children to kill other mother's children. Give us instead the abolition of war, the promotion of peace, the care of people and planet. Each day the cruelties of war demand the blood sacrifices of mothers, children, young and old, civilian and soldier, foreign and domestic. It is time to say no more. To put down our foot, each and every one, and reject military's demand for blood sacrifices in all their many forms. Neither the flesh of our flesh nor the children of other mothers nor the prosperity of our labors, nor the earth's vitality should be sacrificed to false idols of war. We, the mothers and the children of mothers, demand respect for common mother, the earth, and for the end of the military's violations of her being. To commemorate Mother's Day without demanding these changes rings flat. For every mother appreciating the beauty of the spring, there is another mother screaming under the terror of bombs and bullets. For every mother savoring breakfast and bed, there is another mother hungry and unhoused, stateless and fleeing from war. We, the mothers and the children of mothers stand united against war and united for the well-being of people and planet. On this Mother's Day, 2019, let us promise to protect all children and our imperiled planet. Let no mother's child kill another mother's child. Let every mother stand against war. Let every mother call for peace. Let every mother's cry be heard. This Mother's Day, instead of flowers, give us peace, instead of brunch in all wars.