MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATION - SHINE

Mother's Day is a celebration honouring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. Mother's Day, on the second Sunday of May, is a tribute to maternal figures. A mother plays many roles from the mother-child relationship to teaching about the world, language, sharpening their thinking skills, supporting, taking care and many more. Nobody in the world will love you as much as your mother does. Mothers offer unconditional and self-love, care and support.

HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE:

Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, whose mother had organized women's groups to promote friendship and health, originated Mother's Day. On May 12, 1907, she held a memorial service at her late mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia. Within five years virtually every state was observing the day, and in 1914 U.S.