爱华网Despite popular belief, Mother's Day is not just a holiday invented by Hallmark, but rather it is a holiday dating back several millennia.
The earliest known Mother’s Day originated in Ancient Greece honoring Rhea, mother of all deities, in an annual spring festival. The Romans honored Cybele, the same mother of all deities, and celebrated this festival by calling it the “Hilaria.” Early Christians continued the tradition by celebrating the Virgin Mary, on the fourth Sunday of Lent. In England, the celebration eventually expanded to include all mothers.
Mother’s Day was not an official holiday in the United States until 1914. Modern Americans can thank the perseverance and determination of a woman named Anna Jarvis who, deeply devoted to her own mother, helped to make Mother’s Day an official U.S. holiday.
Jarvis’s mother, Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis, was an activist during the Civil War and lost 8 of her 12 children before they reached adulthood. When she died in 1905, Anna (daughter) was distraught and vowed to devote her life to honoring her mother. Her devotion led her to strive to appoint an official U.S. holiday to recognize mothers. Though Mother’s Day had been celebrated informally for many years, Jarvis wrote many important figures (including U.S. congressmen and prosperous businessmen), imploring them to back Mother’s Day as an official holiday.
Anna’s efforts finally paid off. In 1910, the governor of West Virginia declared Mother's Day a state holiday on the second Sunday in May. The following year, every other state followed suit. By 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill declaring Mother’s Day a Federal Holiday.
At first, celebrations of Mother's Day were relatively private, where children would accompany their mothers to the churches where their baptisms were held. Gradually though, Mother's Day has flourished into a significant and memorable occasion where many people express their love for their mothers through thoughtful gifts and quality time with family.
母亲节祝福短信精选
1.To the world's number one mom!
给世界上最好的妈妈!
2.You are the best mom that a son ever had.
您是儿子心中最好的妈妈。
3.Here's a little token of my appreciation for all that you have done for me over the years.
这是我一点小小的心意，感谢您这么多年来所付出的一切。
4.Sometimes it may not seem like it, but I really do love you.
有时候好像不是这样，但是我真的爱您。
5.I want to wish you a happy Mother's Day.
祝福您母亲节快乐。-------------
6.Thank you for everything over the years, mom.
妈妈，谢谢您这些年来所做的一切。
7.Moms should get more than a special day, they should get a medal of honor.
妈妈们应该得到的不只是一个节日，她们该获得荣誉勋章。
8.Where would we be without you, mom?
妈妈，没有您我们将流落何方呢?
9.On this day we all sit back and think about how much our mothers do for us.
在这一天，我们将会抽空休息一下，想想妈妈们帮我们做了多少事。
10.I've tried many times to tell you, but I'll say it again: I love you mother.
我已经告诉您许多次了，但是我将再说一次：我爱您，妈妈。
11.Though it is hard to tell you sometimes, I do love you dearly, mom.
虽然有时要告诉您并不太容易，但是我真的非常爱您，妈妈。
12.I may not often say it, but I do love you.
我也许并不常挂在嘴上，但我真正爱您。
13.There are little things that I should have said and done to show my gratitude, but it is appreciated what you do.
尽管我为表示谢意所说的和所做的都那么少，但同样也是表达对您所做一切的感激之情。
14.I don't take the time to tell you this often, but I love you, mom.
虽然我经常没有时间告诉您，但我真的爱您，妈妈。
15.Sometimes I cry and make you sigh, but you know that I love you so.
有时候我哭泣而使您叹息，但您却知道，我是如此地爱您。
