Every culture has interpreted mother's day differently. In the English culture, this tradition started on the fourth Lent Sunday and all the laborers were allowed to go and visit their mothers. They used to bring presents and since then, this day was reserved for this purpose only.
In America, mother's day was celebrated on the second Sunday of May. This tradition started on the will of Anna Jarvis who wanted this particular day to show gratitude to mothers after her mother died. Also, people believe that the initiation of the concept of mother's day started when Mother Mary got the honor and recognition she deserved. On the other hand, Greeks and Romans had their very own concept of Mother's Day. They used to celebrate the existence of the Mother of Gods who they used to believe in.
Mother's day gained much more popularity when the president of the United States declared the day as a national holiday in 1914. This particular decision made the day not only popular in the USA, but also popular worldwide. Today, nearly every country celebrates mother's day in accordance with the world wide celebrations. Some nations however celebrate the day on different occasions but the meaning everywhere is the same.
The idea of mother's day is a beautiful and deep one; to celebrate the existence of mothers and whatever they do for their kids in upbringing them. The compromises and sacrifices mothers make in bringing up their children in the best possible manner are appreciable and are shown and recognized on this particular day. On the other side, even the business world has taken much advantage from this day. Mother's day is now second to the most celebrated occasion worldwide, while the first is Christmas. It has also become one of the most commercialized events worldwide.
Apart from the celebration and the formality of the day itself, if we consider what mothers are doing for us, then we would realize that setting aside one day to show her appreciation is near to letting her services down. Hence, mothers should not only be honored on this day, but we should spend each day of our lives thanking them for giving us birth and then upbringing us in the best possible manner she could. Our mothers care for us, feed us, take our pains and are always there for us in times of difficulties, and this is something we should appreciate everyday and make her feel special.
If we look at the fact that we actually honor our mothers on Mother's day, then we would realize that mothers deserve a lot more than this. However it is their greatness that they don't even expect anything in return when they care for us nearly their entire lives. Therefore, it shouldn't just be Mother's day but we should make every day of their lives great by making her proud of ourselves. We should show her appreciation every day for whatever she has done for us and whatever she is doing for us.
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