Mother's Day..... !

Mother's Day - 10 May 2009

Hi ! It's 10th May, the day which is celebrated in many parts of the world as a speical day for Mothers. Mother's Day is celebrated in most of the countries on 2nd Sunday of May. So 10th May is being celebrated as Mother's Day in many parts of the world . Mother's Day is celebrated on different days throughout the world. The extent of the celebrations varies greatly. Turkish Post (PTT) has released four special stamps for Mother's Day, celebrating the importance of Mothers and the relationship with their children. The stamps are so beautiful and full colors to suit this day. So this is a special day for all Moms of the world and this post is dedicated to great mother ! The practice of celebrating the Mother is not alien to India.But the more personal festival of 'Mother's Day' has also come to become a part of our culture in new generation now. As the people are getting quite busy in their professional and personal life, the Mother's Day Cards have become the easy way of expressing love and rememberence for Mother !.. But personally I feel that all days are speical for mother. It's always nice to love and remember Mom ! I am also giving here some special philatelic items for today's special Post. This is all for Today !....Till Next Post.....Have a Nice Time !

Happy Mother's Day !

A Celebration In Honour Of All Mothers

MOTHER .....

M... is for the million things she gave me,

O... means only that she's growing old,

T... is for the tears she shed to save me,

H... is for her heart of purest gold;

E... is for her eyes, with love-light shining,

R... means right, and right she'll always

The First Mother's Day
The second Sunday in May is observed as Mother's Day in most countries of the world. But it was not always so. Not very long ago, a festival called 'Mothering Sunday' or 'Mid-Lent Sunday' was celebrated in England on the fourth Sunday in Lent. The celebrations were surprisingly similar to the modern way of celebrating Mother's Day.

The First Mother's Day, as we know it now days, was observed on May 10, 1908, in a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The celebrations involved a church service in honour of Mrs. Anna Reese Jarvis, mother of Anna Jarvis.Four years later, the Mother's Day International Association was created, on December 12, 1912, to spread the concept and practice of observing Mother's Day. The very next year, in May 1913, the House of Representatives of the US government adopted a resolution requesting the President, his Cabinet, members of Congress, and all officials of the federal government to wear a white carnation on Mother's Day. And finally, on May 8, 1914, the Congress passed a Joint Resolution designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.

Significance Of Carnations
When the first Mother's Day was observed at the request of Anna Jarvis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1908, carnations were supplied at the church service. This was because carnations were her mother's favourite flowers.Thereafter, carnations have come to be associated with Mother's Day. White carnations are supposed to represented purity and love. Now it has become a tradition to regard red carnations as a symbol of a living mother; white carnations on the other hand are offered if one's mother has died.

Special philatelic items on Mother's Day

Courtesy - Dr Satyendra Kumar Agarwal