Wishing someone a "Happy Mother's Day" has a deeper meaning than to just have a joyous day. Sharing these three words with your mom, Grandma, stepmom or other person is a way to say, "thank you", "I honor you", "I respect you", and "I love you." It is about putting a mom's happiness first for the day. 
On the second anniversary of her mother's death which fell on the second Sunday in May, Anna Jarvis worked with her Mother's church in West Virginia to create a celebration for all mothers. She decorated the church with her mother's favorite flowers, white carnations which were symbolic of her mother's love; full of sweetness, purity and endurance. Carnations still are used today in Mother's Day celebrations. Red carnations are symbolic of mom's who are living and the white flowers memorialize the ones who have passed away.
This first Mother's Day was such a success that support grew for Anna Jarvis. She recruited a team of supporters to write politicians, congressmen and ministers throughout the U.S. In 1910, West Virginia became the first state to officially recognize Mother's Day as a holiday. The following year almost every state observed the day to honor mothers as well. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially declared the second Sunday in May as the holiday: Mother's Day.
In the past 90 years though families have changed and there are many more "mothering" people to be honored, one thing has stayed the same. This day is for remembering and honoring mom's for all of the good they do and the love they share. Happy Mother's Day!
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