| HISTORY OF MOTHER'S DAY Historians claim that the holiday of Mother's Day emerged from the ancient festivals dedicated to mother goddess. In the ancient Greek empire, Rhea, the wife of Cronus, and mother of Gods and Goddesses, was worshipped. In Rome too, Cybele, a mother Goddesses, was worshipped, as early as 250 BC. It was known as Hilaria, and it lasted for three days, called the Ides of March, that is from March 15 to March 18. However, neither of them meant for the honoring of our immediate mothers, as is done in our Mother's Day. Rather more closely aligned to our Mother's Day, is the "Mothering Sunday". England observed "Mothering Sunday", or the "Mid-Lent-Sunday, on the fourth Sunday in Lent. In the United States, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) is credited with bringing in the celebration of Mother's day. And, to know about the way the idea took roots in the United States; how it came to be observed for the first time; and how the undaunted spirit and unbounded love for her mother led to fulfill the dreams of Anna Jarvis, the mother of Mother's Day... |