Mother's Day in the United States and Canada is celebrated on the second Sunday in May when we take time to thank the person who brought us into this world and or cared for us when we were young and now when we are grown up.
Mother's Day is a unique holiday that is truly unlike any other day in the year. It is the one day when the children do all of the work while Mom relaxes. Mother's Day is a great day for children to show their appreciation to their Mother as she is the one who took care of you, taught you every single little thing in life and she will still will carry on doing that even when we have a family of our own.
The first Mother's Day observance was a church service honoring Mrs. Anna Reese Jarvis, held at Anna Jarvis's request in Grafton, West Virginia, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1908. Carnations, her mother's favorite flowers, were supplied at that first service by Miss Jarvis. White carnations were chosen because they represented the sweetness, purity and endurance of mother's love. Red carnations, in time, became the symbol of a living mother. White ones now signify that one's mother has died.
The first Mother's Day proclamation was issued by the governor of West Virginia in 1910. Oklahoma celebrated Mother's Day that year as well. By 1911 every state had its own observances. By then other areas celebrating Mother's Day included Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, South America and Africa. The Mother's Day International Association was incorporated on December 12, 1912, with the purpose of furthering meaningful observations of Mother's Day.
The second Sunday of May will fall on the following dates in the next few years:
2008 - May 11
2009 - May 10
2010 - May 9
2011 - May 8
Mother's Day is a unique holiday that is truly unlike any other day in the year. It is the one day when the children do all of the work while Mom relaxes. Mother's Day is a great day for children to show their appreciation to their Mother as she is the one who took care of you, taught you every single little thing in life and she will still will carry on doing that even when we have a family of our own.
The first Mother's Day observance was a church service honoring Mrs. Anna Reese Jarvis, held at Anna Jarvis's request in Grafton, West Virginia, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1908. Carnations, her mother's favorite flowers, were supplied at that first service by Miss Jarvis. White carnations were chosen because they represented the sweetness, purity and endurance of mother's love. Red carnations, in time, became the symbol of a living mother. White ones now signify that one's mother has died.The first Mother's Day proclamation was issued by the governor of West Virginia in 1910. Oklahoma celebrated Mother's Day that year as well. By 1911 every state had its own observances. By then other areas celebrating Mother's Day included Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, South America and Africa. The Mother's Day International Association was incorporated on December 12, 1912, with the purpose of furthering meaningful observations of Mother's Day.
The second Sunday of May will fall on the following dates in the next few years:
2008 - May 11
2009 - May 10
2010 - May 9
2011 - May 8
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