No matter how old you are, you always need your mum.

Take a look through some highlights of amazing mums from across the country.

ILLAWARRA: Gloria Nascimento's courage in caring for young cancer patients while nursing her own terminally ill child has earned her the title of 2014 Barnardos Mother of the Year.

WAGGA: A former Wagga woman has travelled thousands of kilometres to share Mother's Day with four generations of family.

SOUTH COAST: Kim Waiter has enough jewellery made from macaroni to last a lifetime, and the mother of 10 wouldn’t have it any other way.

DUBBO: It's the little things that count - flowers, chocolate, perfume, or breakfast in bed. However you decide to spoil your mum, this Mother’s Day don’t forget to say thanks for everything Mum.

TASMANIA: Juggling life as a single mother can be a tough task but Megan King works hard everyday to try to find the right balance to support her daughter Katherine.BOWRAL:

ILLAWARRA: Bronson Harrison reckons it was just $20 at a time. That was all his mum could stash away to help with the school fees when they arrived from Holy Cross College in Sydney's inner west.

ORANGE: On Sunday there won’t be much time for mother of five Naomi Vogler to put her feet up and take in the spoils of mother’s day. Mum to five, all under the age of nine and including twins, Ms Vogler has a big day ahead of her, just like any other.

MT ISA: Melissa Cheshire said shift work isn't normally every mother's best friend, but this Sunday was one day off she'd cherish all year.

TASMANIA: Natasha Roberts is Rocherlea's super mum. The single parent has given up her career and dedicated her life to raising her 10 vibrant children, including three sets of twins.

MURRAY BRIDGE: In Murray Bridge, a family of five generations will get together not only to exchange gifts and celebrate motherhood but to share their secrets to parenting.

WOLLONGONG: Susie McKeon and her daughter Kaitlin were serenaded with a Mother’s Day song by Graham Wilson during the Angels at Work fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation on Friday along with other mums Michelle Hyde, Kelly Shaw and Michelle Greer and their children.

TASMANIA: For the average four-year-old their mother is their world. Mums jump on the trampoline with their kids, they "snuggle" them so tight they can't go to sleep - but that's a good thing. Those were some of the thoughts from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School's kindergarten pupils about why their mum is special.

SOUTH COAST: Why is your mum the best? 

WAGGA: Why Wagga kids love their mum. 

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS: Southern Highland News journalists took to the streets of the Highlands to see why Highlanders love their mums.

PORT MACQUARIE NEWS: A different, humourous, take on Mother's Day.