CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
Mother’s Day – Observed on second Sunday of May
- Mother’sDay is a time-honored tradition of recognizing the women in our lives who raised us, dried our tears, and well, mothered us.
- Everyone has one or has someone who is like a mother to them.
- On the second Sunday ofMay, we honor those women who are our mothers.
- Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.
- Mother’s Day was founded by Anna Jarvis who had given the idea of celebrating Mother’s Day in honour of mothers and motherhood in 1907.
- Nationally this day was recognized in 1914.
