Mother's Day - A tribute to motherhood

From ancient Greece where the annual spring festival paid tribute to Rhea, the wife of Cronus and the mother of many deities to the United States where this festival was conceived one and a half centuries back by an Appalachian homemaker Anna Jarvis, Mother’s day has changed drastically in its basic conception and form. None of these festivals were meant to express love and gratitude to the immediate mother. Anna Jarvis wanted the women in her community to raise concern about the poor sanitary conditions of the community because she felt that mothers were the most effected members of the community because of the concern they had for their children’s health. That’s why the conception of the ‘Mother’s Work Day’.




Anna Jarvis’s daughter, of the same name, campaigned for what is close to what we celebrate now as Mother’s Day. She could be called the real founder of the ‘Mother’s Day’ in the United States. She worked relentlessly to promote the celebration of a day especially meant to show your love and respect for your mother. Behind it all was her extreme love and devotion to her own mother. Her efforts were rewarded in 1908 when she celebrated the memory of her mother; she handed out the white carnation at this service. It was her mother’s favorite flower. The real reward came in 1914 when mother’s day was officially recognized and a holiday declared to celebrate this festival.



Despite the misgivings of the founder, in her later years, about mother’s day becoming too commercialized in its concept, mother’s day flourished in various parts of the world, especially in the United states. Now, mother’s day has come to be celebrated as a festival where we express our love for our mothers by giving them gifts in the form of cards, flowers, crafts, jewelry and so much more. Celebrated on the second Sunday of May, this festival is the most popular way of showing your mother you care and appreciate all that she has ever done for you.



Warm greetings for your darling mom on Mother’s Day. That’s what Mother’s Day cards are for. All year long, she does everything to make you comfortable and feel happy. You can strive to make her happy at least once a year on the day especially meant for her. Make her feel delighted by sending her a mother’s card that conveys your special warmth and feelings for your mother and an appreciation of all that she does for you. That is all your mother requires as a return for her love and affection. Honor the selfless love of your mother by thinking of her on this day. Choose a card that says flattering things about her, her importance to you and stresses that fact that she means a world to you and to the rest of the family. Most mothers complain of being taken for granted by the entire family. This gesture of making her feel like the most important person in the family, around whom the whole family revolves, will make her feel really important.



You may even customize your card with great wordings or beautiful poems especially meant for Mother’s Day. All this and much more is available for you to just choose and send to your mother. Beautiful images, wordings, poems and personalized messages make the entire experience of choosing a Mother’s Day card for your mother a thoroughly enjoyable experience. You may choose to send her an e-card or may even choose from the printable card versions. You may even be able to color some printable cards in your favorite colors that make you feel that you have designed a personal card for your mother. Remember the way you used to cut out nice pictures, stick them on a paper and design a card for your mother when you were a little kid. Of course, she would fill thrilled by your creative experiments and would return your gesture with hugs and kisses.



The pleasure of putting together a gift for someone you love the most is the most rewarding experience. And what better gift can a mother receive on Mother’s Day other than a gift lovingly put together by her dearest children. Making Mother’s Day crafts is an enchanting experience for children and adults, alike. The children are thrilled to put together pretty gifts for their mothers. The grown ups are content to see the creative instincts of their children being put to good use and producing forth wonderful results. Most of the Mother’s Day crafts are made out of products that are otherwise discarded such as boxes, cardboards, boxes etc. This also makes the entire process of creating these crafts extremely economical.



Mother’s Day crafts projects are usually meant for small children to induce the spirit of creativity and to make them understand the relevance of a festival. Cutting, pasting, coloring and sketching are all activities that they are being introduced to at their kindergarten; hence they enjoy the entire process of creating something for their mothers. Of course, some crafts are also meant for older children who wish to create something extra personal for their mothers.



You will be amazed to look at the variety of crafts that small children can create. Makes you feel like you always underestimated the potential of your children! Beautiful cards with painted images, hand painted pots, wall hangings, paper mache magazine holders, picture frames, napkin rings…the list is endless. As a doting mother, you will be more than flattered to receive a gift that your child has toiled to create with her delicate hands. This is one gift that you will cherish for years to come and so will your children whenever you fondly remind them of the time when they used to make extra special efforts to put a smile on your face.



What would you gift to a woman who has gifted you your life? Nothing can match up to the regard and love that you have for the woman with whom you shared your first cherished bonding. But you can show your appreciation of all that she has done for you by gifting her a token of your love on Mother’s Day, a day specially meant to shower our affection and love on our mothers. Most of us remembered this day as kids when we used to pack little gifts for our mothers in colorful ribbons and were delighted to see a smile on her face as she unpacked those gifts. As we grew up, and moved on in life, we perhaps lost the relevance of doing little things to make our mothers smile. So, this mother’s day, give her a gift that will bring back that smile and the feeling associated with it- that she is the most special person in your life.



Every woman, including your mother, loves to be pampered. Give her a gift that she would like to possess as a woman, rather than as a mother. I have nothing against gifting kitchen appliances or cleaning gadgets but your mother deserves something more than that. After all, don’t describe your mother by just thinking of her as someone who used to cook for you and keep the house clean. Like any other woman, your mother would be flattered to receive jewelry, perfumes, clothes, watch, cosmetics and flowers. You may even choose a gift basket that has an assortment of perfumes, cosmetics and chocolates for your mother to indulge herself. You could also gift her home décor items or a gift certificate of her favorite home décor store to give her the luxury of choosing a gift of her own choice.



Whatever you give her, the best gift you will be giving her this mother’s Day is the feeling that you thought of her.