Tomorrow's Mother's Day is also World Smile Day. I wish all mothers around the world smiles.
Mother's Day is a day to thank mothers. The modern Mother's Day originated in the United States and is the second Sunday in May every year. Mothers usually receive gifts on this day. Carnations are regarded as flowers dedicated to their mothers, and the mother flower in China is Hemerocallis, also known as Wangyoucao.
Mother's Day originated in the United States. The initiator of this festival was Philadelphia native Anna Jarvis, a woman who never married and had no children. On May 9, 1906, Anna Jarvis's mother tragically passed away, and she was deeply saddened. On the anniversary of his mother's death the following year, Jarvis organized a memorial service for his mother and encouraged others to express their gratitude to their mothers in a similar way.
Jarvis wrote to Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, requesting a special memorial service for her mother. Her mother served the church's Sunday school for more than 20 years. In 1908, the church declared the death of Jarvis' mother, the second Sunday in May, as Mother's Day. Jarvis also organized a Mother's Day committee and began a massive campaign calling for Mother's Day to be made a statutory holiday.
Her appeal received an enthusiastic response. On May 10, 1913, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed a resolution, signed by President Wilson, to decide that the second Sunday in May is Mother's Day. This move caused countries around the world to follow suit. By the time Jarvis passed away in 1948, 43 countries had established Mother's Day.
There is a Chinese children's song called "Only Mothers Are Good in the World". The lyrics include: Only mothers are good in the world. A child with a mother is like a treasure, thrown into her mother's arms... A mother's love, loving a mother, is human nature, It is the starting point and cornerstone of love and the initial source of building a harmonious society. Therefore, Mother's Day is the gratitude and expression of mothers and mothers all over the world.
