According to History.com, celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent for Mother’s Day is the early Christian festival known as “Mothering Sunday.” Once a major tradition in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe, this celebration fell on the fourth Sunday in Lent and was originally seen as a time when the faithful would return to their “mother church”—the main church in the vicinity of their home—for a special service. Over time the Mothering Sunday tradition shifted into a more secular holiday, and children would present their mothers with flowers and other tokens of appreciation. This custom eventually faded in popularity before merging with the American Mother’s Day in the 1930s and 1940s.
Did You Know?
More phone calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year. These holiday chats with Mom often cause phone traffic to spike by as much as 37 percent.
This week, Hidden Choices honors mother’s by saying “thank you” to life! Without mother’s, where would this world be? We celebrate motherhood and remember all who have given sacrificially, courageously and lovingly to the human race. I know that sounds so, well, trivial – but there is nothing trivial about mothers. They are, for the most part, the glue that holds everything together.
Today Hidden Choices honors the young, single mothers who are courageously choosing the “road less traveled” to give birth in humble, simple circumstances. They are young by the world’s standards, but most are making the hard adult choices not to abort. They are the heroes of Hidden Choices and choosing human dignity by focusing on the right choices of giving life to their children. Thank you for the making the “choice” to grow our human family! Happy Mother’s Day!