MAY 11, 25.. MOTHER'S DAY 2025

Patti and I find it difficult to believe that, here on Google Blogspot, we have not ever published a Mother's Day Post.

The time has come to change that. Yes we have published several Mother's Day Posts over on our Dotnet website but none here.

I am going to utilize the NATIONAL TODAY website to explore what NATIONAL TODAY has to say about Mother's Day.

The beautiful and unparalleled bond of love shared between children and mothers is honored and celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday of May, this year being May 11th. 

Mothers Day celebrations go back to ancient times when Greeks and Romans held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele. 

However, the early Christian festival, known as "Mothering Sunday", stands as the modern precursor. This European tradition fell on the fourth Sunday in Lent. Many believed the faithful would return on this day to their “Mother Church”— the main church near their home — for a special service. The Mothering Sunday tradition shifted over time into a more secular holiday where children would give their mothers flowers and other gifts. 

Anna Jarvis successfully initiated Mother’s Day after her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died in 1905. Jarvis noted that Mother’s Day should contain a “singular possessive,” (hence the apostrophe) so each family might honor its own mother — as opposed to all mothers. Jarvis, who neither married nor had children, organized the first official Mother’s Day celebration in May 1908. A Philadelphia department store owner named John Wanamaker lent his financial support to the cause. That same month thousands of people attended a Mother’s Day event at one of Wanamaker’s stores.

Jarvis soon lobbied to make Mother’s Day a national holiday — urging prominent Americans to join the effort.  By 1912 many states, towns, and churches had adopted Mother’s Day as an annual event. Jarvis also started the Mother’s Day International Association. 

President Wilson would soon establish the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day in 1914. 

Hallmark began selling Mother’s Day cards in the early 1920s.

It is interesting, and it is sad to say, that Jarvis’ love affair with the holiday she worked so hard to start did not last. She grew to resent its commercial appeal. As florists and greeting card companies began to cash in, she soured on the idea of a national day — urging people to stop buying flowers, cards and candies. Jarvis spent most of her personal wealth hiring attorneys to file lawsuits against groups using the term “Mother’s Day.” She even tried to persuade the federal government to remove it from the calendar.

Yes Oh Yes! There is a lot more information about Mother's Day if you choose to go directly to the NATIONAL TODAY website by clicking onto the link shown below.

https://nationaltoday.com/mothers-day/

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It is not unusual for NATIONAL TODAY to have other very "Similar Holidays" for the same basic Holiday.

Below you will see what I mean.

MOTHER'S AT THE WALL DAY?

We've never heard of this Holiday!

Mothers at the Wall Day (M.A.T.W.D.) is observed on the second Sunday of May every year. This year it falls on May 11. Moms don’t get days off. Instead, they are rewarded with sticky kisses, the occasional macaroni necklace, and the gratification of seeing their children grow into happy, healthy adults. That’s probably insufficient compensation for all they do, so give Mom an extra embrace this Mothers at the Wall Day.

As we did above, if you wish to more to read about Mother's At The Wall Day on the NATIONAL TODAY website please click onto the below link.

https://nationaltoday.com/mothers-at-the-wall-day/

We checked the above link out and, for the life of us, can't find much difference between Mother's Day and Mother's At The Wall Day.

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Patti and I hope, that all of you who celebrate Mother's Day, have a wonderful day full of love and kindness for your very own special Mother!

Cap and Patti