mother's day

mother’s day is around the corner.so are you going to celebrate it?have you ever got some fantastic ideas as how to show your sincere love to your mother?here i’d like to share something with you and hope to learn something in return.there is a poem i want to share with all of you.

M – O – T – H – E – R
“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 be,
Put them all together, they spell
“MOTHER,”
A word that means the world to me.

The Story of Mother’s Day
The earliest Mother’s Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600’s, England celebrated a day called “Mothering Sunday”. Celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter*), “Mothering Sunday” honored the mothers of England.
During this time many of the England’s poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.
As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the “Mother Church” – the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church.
In the United States Mother’s Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace. Ms. Howe would hold organized Mother’s Day meetings in Boston, Mass ever year.
In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second anniversary of her mother’s death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother’s Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.
Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother’s Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother’s Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother’s Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother’s Day at different times throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May.

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Yes, Mother’s Day is coming up.
I should be nice to my mommy and buy her a present.
In America, Mother’s Day is really an excuse to spend money – you see a lot of commericals for greeting cards, chocolates and flowers.
In school, children will make cards and presents for their mothers.
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Holly

Yeah ,although Mother’s Day is not rooted in our country,but we do show enough attention to it .We all love our mothers and want to show our love to them ,and they’ll feel very happy and moved.You may know that sometimes it is really difficult for us Chinese to say “I love you” to our mothers,since most of us are too conservative.Anyway ,mothers are great and deserve the deepest love from us.

Mum’s Love
When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.
　　You thanked her by crying all night long.
When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.
　　You thanked her by running away when she called.
When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love.
　　You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.
When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons.
　　You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.
When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays.
　　You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud.
When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school.
　　You thanked her by screaming, “I’m not going!”
When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball.
　　You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor’s window.
When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream.
　　You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.
When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons.
　　You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.
When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday party after another.　　You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.
When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movies.
　　You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.
When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows.
　　You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.
When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming.
　　You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.
When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp.
　　You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.
When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug.
　　You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.
When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her car.
　　You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.
When you were 17, she was expecting an important call.
　　You thanked her by being on the phone all night.
When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation.
　　You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.
When you were 19, she paid your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags.
　　You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of your friends.
When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone.
　　You thanked her by saying, “It’s none of your business.”
When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future.
　　You thanked her by saying, “I don’t want to be like you.”
When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation.
　　You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.
When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment.
　　You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly.
When you were 24, she met your fiance and asked about your plans for the future.
　　You thanked her by glaring and growling, “Muuhh-ther, please!”
When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you. 　　You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.
When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby.
　　You thanked her by telling her, “Things are different now.”
When you were 40, she called to remind you of a relative’s birthday.
　　You thanked her by saying you were “really busy right now.”
When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her.
　　You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
　　And then one day she quietly died.
　　And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on your heart.
　　”Rock me baby, rock me all night long.”
“The hand that rocks the cradle…may rock the world”.
Let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called mom though some may not say it openly to their mother. There’s no substitute for her. Cherish every single moment. Though at times she may not be the best of friends, may not agree to our thoughts, she is still your mother!!! She will be there for you…to listen to your woes, your bragging, your frustrations, etc. Ask yourself…have you put aside enough time for her, to listen to her “blues” of working in the kitchen, her tiredness? Remember: once gone, only fond memories of the past and also regrets will be left. Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Love her more than you love yourself.

great! scarlet
good job!
i love my mother too!

Thanks.I think we all love our great mothers.

it’s the first time i have ever read a nice poem like this .Thanks to show us,and according to your poem,i realize that i love my mother so much and much more than i’ve ever thought.

i try to call my mother and tell her how i spent everyday.
i can sound mother is happy because she knows i’m happy !

Thanks ,guys.So how did you spend this unuaual day?I thinks you of you must have showed your love to your mother.For me ,because i live quite far away from my mother,i just called my mother and told her that i loved her.This is the first time i told my mother that i loved her.Hearing this ,my mother couldn’t help crying at the other end of line.Maybe she never thoughti would act in this way.So want i want to with you is that if you really love your mother or someone else,just tell them directly.Believe it or not,this may make some difference in your life