Historians
claim that the holiday of Mother's Day emerged from the ancient
festivals dedicated to mother goddess.
In the ancient Greek empire, Rhea, the wife of Cronus, and mother
of Gods and Goddesses, was worshipped.
In Rome too, Cybele, a mother Goddesses, was worshipped, as early
as 250 BC. It was known as Hilaria, and it lasted for three days,
called the Ides of March, that is from March 15 to March 18.
However, neither of them meant for the honoring of our immediate
mothers, as is done in our Mother's Day.
Rather more closely aligned to our Mother's Day, is the "Mothering
Sunday". England observed "Mothering Sunday", or the
"Mid-Lent-Sunday, on the fourth Sunday in Lent.
In the United States, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) is credited with
bringing in the celebration of Mother's day.
And, to know about the way the idea took roots in the United
States; how it came to be observed for the first time; and how the
undaunted spirit and unbounded love for her mother led to fulfill
the dreams of Anna Jarvis, the mother of Mother's Day...
Make
a note of something she says she'd like to have and buy
it for her (if you can afford it.)
Don't forget to add your personal touch such as flowers
or a handmade card or
craft. Color
a page from our collection of
coloring pages. Award
her a certificate for
Best Mom or print out some coupons to give to her.
Above all, spend time with your mother and make her feel
special. Fix her breakfast in bed or invite her
over for dinner. Plan a family outing, such as a
picnic.
MOTHER
"M" is
for the million things she gave me, "O" means only that she's growing old, "T" is for the tears she shed to save me, "H" is for her heart of purest gold; "E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining, "R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all
together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
Howard Johnson (c.
1915)
Mother's Day Trivia
The number of women having babies each year is about
4.3 million. 450,000 are teens and more than 100,000 are 40
or over.
The median age of the first birth is 25.2. The odds
of delivery twins are one in 31. Having triplets or multiple
births is approximately one in 539.
August has the highest number of births. The most
popular day of the week to have a baby is Tuesday.
The mother having the most babies is the first wife
of Feodor Vassilyev of Russia (1707 – 1783). She delivered
27 times and gave birth to 69 children: 16 pairs of twins,
seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. Sixty
seven of them survived infancy.
Jenna Cotton gave birth to three children on the same
date, October 2. A son was born in 2003 and 2006 and a
daughter was born in 2007. The odds of having three children
on the same date in different years are 7.5 million to one.
Jayne Blecley holds the record for the shortest
interval between two children born in separate confinements.
She gave birth to a son on Sept. 3, 1999 and a daughter on
March 30, 2000 – 207 days apart!I know, do the math and it doesn’t seem possible.
Elizabeth Buttle holds the record for the longest
time period between births. A daughter was born on May 19,
1956 and a son was born 41 years, 185 days later. She was 60
on the birth of her second child.
To All The Mothers...
This is for
all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers at
football games Friday night instead of watching from cars, so that
when their kids asked, "Did you see me?" they could say, "Of
course, I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.
This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick
toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer
wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It's OK honey, Mommy's here."
This is for all the mothers of Kosovo who fled in the night and
can't find their children.
This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never
see. And the mothers who took those babies and made them homes.
For all the mothers of the victims of the Colorado shooting, and
the mothers of the murderers. For the mothers of the survivors,
and the mothers who sat in front of their TV's in horror, hugging
their child who just came home from school, safely.
For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew
Halloween costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T.
What makes a good Mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? Broad
hips? The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button
on a shirt, all at the same time? Or is it heart? Is it the ache
you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down the
street, walking to School alone for the very first time? The jolt
that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to
put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby? The need to flee
from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear news of a
school shooting, a fire, a car accident, a baby dying?
This is for all the mothers that sat down with their children and
explained all about making babies. And for all the mothers who
wanted to but just couldn't.
This is for reading "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year.
And then reading it again. "Just one more time."
This is for all the mothers who mess up. Who yell at their kids in
the grocery store and swat them in despair and stomp their feet
like a tired two-year old who wants ice cream before dinner.
This is for all the mothers who taught their daughters to tie
their shoelaces before they started school. And for all the
mothers who opted for Velcro instead.
For all the mothers who bite their lips -- sometimes until they
bleed -- when their 14-year-olds dye their hair green. Who lock
themselves in the bathroom when babies keep crying and won't stop.
This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in
their hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their
purse. This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook
and their daughters to sink a jump shot.
This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a
little voice calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their
own offspring are at home.
This is for mothers who put pinwheels and teddy bears on their
children's graves.
This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't
find the words to reach them.
This is for all the mothers who sent their sons to school with
stomachaches, assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got
there, only to get calls from the school nurse and hour later
asking them to please pick them up. Right away.
This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and
sleep deprivation. And mature mothers learning to let go. For
working mothers and stay-at-home mothers. Single mothers and
married mothers. Mothers with money, mothers without. This is for
you all. So hang in there.
Please pass along to all the moms in your life. "Home" is what
catches you when we fall - and we all fall. PLEASE PASS THIS TO A
WONDERFUL MOTHER YOU KNOW.
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Historians
claim that the holiday of Mother's Day emerged from the ancient
festivals dedicated to mother goddess.
Make
a note of something she says she'd like to have and buy
it for her (if you can afford it.)
Don't forget to add your personal touch such as flowers
or a handmade card or
