May is the Month for Mothers
“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”
I am cramming. There are two very important women in my life that I wanted to give something special to this Sunday but I am still undecided what to give. Every year, I never fail to give them a gift, most often, the ones I feel they need or wanted. This year though, I don’t have a clue.
Mother’s day has always been an important event for me, since the day I became a mother too. Now I believe that what they say about motherhood is true, that you would only truly appreciate your mother when you become one. I have always loved my mom but I loved her more after giving birth to my two sons.
Today, I think of women in maternity clothes as icons of sacrifices, pains, and love. I remember a blogger friend who told me when I expressed my worry about stretch marks, that she wear hers like a badge. Motherhood is like surviving a war and it’s always worth it.
To my mother Erly and to my mother-in-law Emmy, I love both of you and I hope I was able to express it well. 
Gift Ideas and More, A Mother’s Day Special
Mothers are indeed very special and it was just fitting that every year, Mother’s Day is celebrated as a tribute to their unconditional, unpretentious and unparalleled love. It is this day of the year that a mother should be given special treatment — breakfast in bed, day-off from chores, Mothers Day Baskets with lovely flowers, and more.
For more appreciation of this special occasion, let us visit briefly its history. The popular belief was Mother’s Day was envisaged in the boardroom of Hallmark but in truth, the earliest tributes to mothers began in Greece and Rome as offering to their gods. In United States, 150 years ago, Anna Jarvis organized an event called “Mother’s Day Work” and she also urged President Woodrow Wilson to declare the second Sunday of May as Mothers Day. Interestingly, the daughter of Anna Jarvis, also named Anna, started a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother. Young Anna said she would never forget when her mother said this in a Sunday school lesson: “I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother’s day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers.”
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