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Alamo-Girl has a dog.
That dog has a mother.
By some stretch, one might refer to the mother of that dog as Alamo-Girl’s Mother. After all, that dog’s mother is the mother of Alamo-Girl’s currently only in-home ‘child.’

LOLOL! I do have a dog. And he has a birth mother. I am his adoptive mother.

If he were human, he'd probably call me "mother" and when he was old enough to understand, I would explain the difference.

I'm confident Jesus called Mary "mother." And I can't think of any Christian who would object to Mary being called "Jesus' mother" or "Mother of the Incarnate Word."

But the title "Mother of God" requires a footnote and therefore can cause problems.

I prefer clarity.

Thank you for sharing your insights and pinging me to this sidebar, dear brother in Christ!