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Hello All,

I wish you and your family, friends, near and dear........

A very happy, honoring and joyful Mother’s Day wishes (10/05/09).

Mother's Day is a day honoring mothers, celebrating motherhood generally and the positive contributions of mothers to the society. It falls on the second Sunday of May, every year. It is the result of a campaign by Anna Marie Jarvis (1864-1948), who, following the death of her mother on May 9th, 1905, devoted her life to establishing Mother's Day as a national, and later an international, holiday. However, the first known observance of Mother's Day in the U.S. occurred in Albion, Michigan, on May 13th, 1877, the second Sunday of the month and known to be followed each year to pay tribute to every mother.

The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis, as a day to honor mothers and motherhood; especially within the context of families, and family relationships. It is now celebrated in many parts of the world. Father's Day is a corresponding holiday honoring fathers. In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day International Association. She was specific about the location of the apostrophe; it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world. Common usage in English language also dictates that the ostensibly/apparently singular possessive "Mother's Day" is the preferred spelling.

The practice of celebrating Mother's Day is a relatively recent tradition, first established in the U.S.A. in the early 20th century. It should not be confused with other Pagan and Christian traditions honoring mothers, or with the U.K. holiday, Mothering Sunday, which is also known as Mother's Day and dates back to the 16th century. Mothering Sunday, also called Ladies Day, in the UK predates the U.S.A holiday. Mother's Day continues to this day to be one of the most significant and also commercially-successful U.S. occasions.

A tribute to every Mother....

God created every one and all
Gave shape to every big and small
Black and fair, short and tall
Spring and summer, autumn and fall
Sun and moon, sky and star
Skin and chin, mole and scar
Green and grain, fruit and leaf
Greed and love, trust and belief
Blind and bald, dumb and deaf
Actor and doctor, tech and chef
Bird and fish, cow and calf
Tired and thought, someone on his behalf
On this earth, who can be a SPOC
With whom, every being can sit and talk
With whom, every being can gel and share
Who looks after everything and takes good care
Who gets tired seldom and very rare
Who turns life to happy dream from nightmare
With no second thought, God created ‘Mother’
Like whom in this world or anywhere, there is no other....

Many many happy returns of the day.

All the best and take care….

With thanks, regards and best wishes,
G.Srikanth.