Author by : Jennifer Bailey

Mother’s Day is believed to have its origins in the annual spring festival celebrated in Ancient Greece to pay tributes to Rhea, the wife of Cronus and the mother of many deities. One and a half centuries ago, in the United States, the foundation stone of this festival was laid by an Appalachian homemaker named Anna Jarvis.

Mother’s Day has changed drastically in its basic conception and form. None of the above mentioned festivals were meant to express love and gratitude to the immediate mother. Anna Jarvis wanted the women in her community to help her raise concern about the poor sanitary conditions of the community. She felt that mothers were the most affected members of the community because of the concern they had for their children’s health. Her efforts led to the conception of the Mother’s Work Day.

Anna Jarvis’s daughter, of the same name, campaigned for the celebration of a day especially meant to express love and honor to our mothers. Anna Jarvis’s daughter could be called the real founder of Mother’s Day in the United States, as she worked relentlessly to promote the celebration of Mother’s Day. Behind it all was her extreme love and devotion to her own mother. Her efforts were rewarded in 1908 when she celebrated the memory of her mother at a local church; she handed out the white carnation at this service. It was her mother’s favorite flower. The real reward came in 1914 when mother’s day was officially recognized and a holiday declared to celebrate this festival.

Despite the misgivings of the founder, in her later years, about Mother’s Day becoming too commercialized in its practice, Mother’s Day flourished in various parts of the world, especially in the United States. In its present form, Mother’s Day is celebrated as a festival when we express our love for our mothers by presenting them with gifts in the form of cards, flowers, crafts, jewelry and a variety of other gifts. Celebrated on the second Sunday of May, this festival is the most popular way of showing your mother that you care and appreciate all that she has ever done for you.

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Author by : CD Mohatta

Go to any garden for a walk and look for small children playing. Keep watching. After some time, you will always find a small kid hitting himself/herself somewhere and cry loudly. Suddenly the mother will appear and take the child in her lap. After some time the child will go back to his/her game. That is mother for you. Always there to protect her children.

Some time back scientists carried out an experiment and found out that infants sleep better if they listen to the recordings of the sounds of their mother’s womb The kid stayed there totally unaware of the world for nine months. The kid stayed there in total protection and cared for. No worries and no tension. Children carry the memories of those days in their early days and look for the mother whenever left alone. It is enough for them to know that mother is around. When ever the mother is missing, they raise hell. No toys or any other attraction can make them quite, because their first need is mother.

Those of us, who have forgotten about the sacrifices our mother has done to bring us up, should ask the mother to tell something about our childhood. She will open her memory box and tell you so many things about this and that you will wonder how she could ever manage to raise you and your siblings up. You may not remember most of your childhood, but the mother remembers because you are her child. For a mother her children are dearest to her. They are an extension of her personality.

So many women sacrifice all their education, career and everything else to raise their children properly. They care for their children at every moment. One day the nest becomes empty of her children as one after other the children begin moving out. Imagine the condition of the mother who is left with nothing but the memories. The empty rooms and the memories. Even after all this, she does not complain. She wants the best for her children and is always ready to give whatever she has for that.

Please never forget to remember your mother on Mother’s Day. Why not make everyday Mother’s Day? For your mother, every day was Children’s Day, isn’t it? You can make a lovely selection of expressing thanks to your Mother with ecards from ecard websites. Wish your mother on Mother’s Day and make her happy.

CD Mohatta writes for ecards, screensavers, tests and wallpapers. The topics of his writings include mother’s day ecards and greetings, inspirational and motivational text, holidays, etc. You can also download free screensavers and also desktop wallpapers at screene.com. Solve fun quizzes at funquizcards.com.

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