Happy Mother's Day | Hillary Clinton

They don't know how they're going to manage."

Hillary: For me

the earliest inspiration

and really, still today, my guiding light was my mother.

She had a childhood that none of us would want.

Abandoned, first by her parents, then by her grandparents.

By fourteen, starting to work on her own.

But she was determined to give me and my brothers

She believed in me, and encouraged me, and set high standards for me.

That lit a spark.

Everyone deserves a chance to live up to his or her God-given potential.

Hillary: How old are you?

When I was at the hospital with Chelsea

while she was there to give birth to

my most amazing, fabulous, unbelievable granddaughter,

one of the nurses said to me,

"Thank you for fighting for Paid Family Leave.

At a time that should be so exciting and joyful,

I see so many women who are just distraught.

They have to immediately go back to work.

It is outrageous that America is the only country in the developed world

that doesn't guarantee Paid Leave.

"I'm gonna take her with me!"

I have this new granddaughter

and I want her to have every opportunity