Happy Mother's Day!

Mother,
You've given me two things
One is roots
The other's wings

- Anonymous

Mother’s Day started in the US around 150 years ago, but mothers have been honored for much longer than that, and rightly so. Although it seems to be a much more commercialized holiday today linked to profits from Hallmark and other benefiters, its roots are still strong.

Anna Jarvis was inspired to make Mother’s Day a reality when she was 12 years old. At the end of a prayer, her mother said these words, which stayed with Anna forever:

"I hope that someone, sometime will found a memorial mothers day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field of life. She is entitled to it."

Anna eventually strived to make this possible by lobbying prominent businessmen and eventually President Woodrow Wilson signed the bill to observe the day. Her goal was to honor her mother’s dream and to show respect for mothers all over the world.

In this way, Mother’s day is really not all about the gift-giving and profit-making that it has increasingly become. The media may have helped to spread the word about the holiday around the world, but it has also diminished its meaning by luring people to restaurants and products. Although giving gifts is a big part of showing that we care about our moms,  It’s really a day to focus on honoring our mothers for everything they do because even though we all appreciate what they do for us, we don’t always show it everyday.

So today, a Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers in the world; especially you, Mom.

And here's a frame I made for my mom, using the petals from the roses she gave me for my birthday :) There's going to be a picture of us from when I was two, and it also looks like something a two year old would make, but hopefully she'll understand. 

 

Read more about the history of Mother’s Day here:

http://www.mothersdaycelebration.com/story-of-anna-jarvis.html