Mother’s Day

The story of Mother’s Day is a long one.  It is neither a recent phenomenon, as many people believe it to be, nor is it the creation of the card and gift marketers syndicate, as assumed by cynics of the Mother’s Day festival.  To the surprise of many people, Mother’s Day celebrations are first said to have taken place in the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, hundreds of years ago.  Even Mother’s Day celebrations in the UK began much before the tradition saw the light of the day in the U.S..  In the U. S. the efforts of Ms. Julia Ward Howe and Ms. Anna Jarvis are greatly recognised for starting the tradition of Mother’s Day, but several other women, too, made remarkable contributions to further the cause of the Mother’s Day holiday.

Today, Mother’s Day is celebrated in more than 46 countries around the world, though at different times in the month of May, and in some countries, like Thailand, it is celebrated in entirely different times of the year.  In the present time, Mother’s Day has come to be internationally recognized as the day to honor all mothers, and thank them for the services they impart for the benefit of their individual child and consequently to the development of mankind.