Mother’s Day is marked annually globally on the second Sunday of May. This year it falls on 12th May 2019.
This is as a way to celebrate, honour and respect the mother of the family.
The day also aims at honouring motherhood, maternal relations and the contribution of mothers to the society.
The day appreciates the sacrifices a mother makes, her selfless deeds, how she constantly works towards for the betterment of her family.
Happy mothers day to my greatest teacher , a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness mama @IdaOdinga. Happy mothers day to all mothers around ,we love you ,we celebrate you because every moment is #Mothersday #ThankYouMom . pic.twitter.com/FzQHRrtZeU
— Raila Junior Odinga (@Railajunior) May 12, 2019
The origin of Mother’s Day and History
In modern times, people celebrate Mothers’ Day by wishing their moms and thanking them for all that they have done.
Children show gratitude to their moms by giving them gifts including everything from greeting cards, flowers and other things thanking their mothers.
Meanwhile, in some parts of Europe and the UK, people celebrate Mothering Sunday to honour their mothers.
While originally it was linked to religion in the country, eventually it lost the connections to the church. It has become a secular day and is considered as a family day to thank mothers.
In 1912, Anna Jarvis created the Mother’s Day International Association and trademarked the phrases ‘Second Sunday in May’ and ‘Mother’s Day’.
She saw to it that it was ‘Mother’s Day’ as it was aimed to “be a singular possessive, for each family to honour its own mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world.”
Thereafter, President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 designated signed a proclamation designating Mother’s Day as a national holiday to honour mothers after US Congress passed a law.
However, Jarvis was disappointed by the commercialisation of the day. Followings its observance in the United States, many countries began to observe Mother’s Day on the same day.
She held several protests threatening to sue companies who began sold things in the name of Mother’s Day. In 1925, she held large scale protests against the sale of carnations by the American War Mothers to raise money. Jarvis was arrested for disrupting peace in the region.
Mother’s Day continues to be celebrated widely across countries today and is heavily commercialised.
Mother’s Day deals offering discounts are quite popular during the time period. However, the day is moreover aimed at spreading the importance of thanking and honouring moms for their role in every individual’s life.
We thank all mothers and wishing everyone celebrating a ‘Happy Mother’s Day’.