Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day. Have a great one Mommies and Moms to Be....

I found this interesting info in last year's May edition of Real Simple.  (yup still recycling magazines) 

In 1906, a year after her mother's death, a Philadelphia woman, Anna Jarvis, began campaingning for a day on which all American would celebreate their moms. After speading the word through church meetings and writing letters to government representives and businessmen, she had nearly all 46 stattes oveserving Mother's Day within three years, and in 1914 it becaome a national holiday. 

-People in anceint Greece paid truibute to Rhea, the mother of the gods, with honey cakes, fine drinks, and flowers at dawn. This was the earliest Mother's Day celebration

-In Britain, during the Middle Ages, it was customary for the wealthy to give servants the day off on Mothering Sunday ( the forth Sunday of Lent) so they could visit their mothers, who often lived far away.

In Sebia, Mother's Day is called Materice and is celebrated on the second Sunday before Christmas. Children sneak into their mother's bedroom and gently tie her feet with ribbon or string. To negotiate her release, the mother gives her children small gifts. ( Not much in it for Mom, but she does get to lie down for a bit) To cute.

I hope the weather will be nice in your neck of the woods.  Have a great day with your moms and families.