Every
year, we celebrate the epitome of love, kindness, and sacrifice on the second
Sunday of May i.e. Mother’s Day. But do you know how ‘Mother’s Day’ came into
being? 

The
very first Mother’s Day celebration occurred more than a 100
years ago in West Virginia.

The
‘inaugural’ Mother’s Day celebration came about when a woman
named Anna Jarvis wished to host a party in remembrance of her
mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis, who had passed away a few years ago. Jarvis planned
the event in conjunction with church officials at Grafton’s Andrews Methodist
Episcopal Church.

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However,
it was not simply fated to remain a one-time event. Andrews Church continued to
celebrate Mother’s Day every year after that party. In fact, even after the
church relocated in 1966, the congregation practiced it as a tradition in the
new church.

Not
only that, the International Mother’s Day Shrine has been established on the
grounds of the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton and rightly so. As per its website, the mausoleum does not align with any faith. Instead it identifies as an
emblem of gratitude for all moms.

But
this was just a small celebration in a quaint village. The official declaration
of Mother’s Day was done by US President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.

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And
that is how a small party in a tiny town, thrown in honor of a random woman’s
mother, became a worldwide celebration of mothers.

And
while Anna Jarvis disliked the commercialization of ‘Mother’s Day’ as it was
originally a very personal and intimate affair for her (so much so that she
even tried to abolish the holiday), we appreciate this whole incident that
birthed a day in commemoration of the ones who gave birth to us.