Motherhood in HP

I thought I would just throw this up as another place to think about and watch in book 7 for major meaning developments. We have always known that the mother figure is important for Rowling (as is the father figure, each in their own distinct way) and this is quite natural, for JKR is herself a mother of 3. For both Harry and Voldy their mother's played important roles in who they are and how they look at the world. But we also see it in other "minor" characters. At a Quidditch match Fred and George are restraining Ron from going after Malfoy physically ... until Malfoy makes a comment about Molly Weasley, and then all 3 Weasleys light into him. And Neville reverences something as small as a candy wrapper given to him by his mother at St Mungo's in book 5. In book 6 we get a "mother drop" on possibly the most central character as far as the meaning of the books goes - Snape's mother, Eileen Prince. It is no small fact that he takes her last name as an emblematic moniker for himself. Be looking for something big about her in book 7.