The Evergreen Garden of Selfless Love: A Mother
She is the one who knows all your secrets, even when you didn’t tell her. She is the one who forgave all your mistakes not before teaching you the right. She is the one who gave you all she had for nothing in return. She is the mother. The whole world celebrates the 2nd Sunday of May as mother’s day. This year it happens to be on 12th May 2013. The history of mother’s day is as old as the Greek and Roman civilization. The Greeks celebrated an annual festival to honor goddess Rhea the mother of all gods similarly the Romans celebrated goddess Cybele. Much later in the history the Christians celebrated a day in honor of Mary, mother of Christ.
The modern day Mother’s day was an outcome of consistent efforts of two great ladies. Famous American poet Julia Ward Howe fought for women’s rights for most of her life. In 1872 she suggested that June 2nd to be declared as Mother’s Day to honor mothers in the name of world peace.
Almost three decades later another crusader of Mother’s Day was Miss Anna Jarvis. Anna started campaigning for a national day to honor all mothers in a way to memorialize her mother’s philanthropic life after her death in 1905. “Mother Jarvis,” as she was popularly known was an activist who had organized “Mother’s Work Days” to save lives from polluted water. During the Civil War, she organized women’s brigades, encouraging women’s development and wellbeing.
On this blessed day, GreenPro India wishes all mankind a happy mother’s day as without them our existence is futile and simply not possible.
