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Mothers Day Celebration

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Celebrate Mothers Day   If you are a kid, your momma is your angel, if you are a teenager, she is your best pal and if you are an adult, she is your best secret-sharer. Throughout her life, she has been playing different roles in your life to make it smoother and easy-going. She has showered you with love when you needed it the most; she has been the stress reliever when you were overstressed due to your forthcoming examinations, she has been your support when all other people around you were underestimating you, she has been the shoulder to cry when you had a break up. You can look back at any stage of your life and find your mother standing by you with that never fading smile of hers. Let this mother's day be an ultra special day for not only your mom but your grandma too. Make them feel that they hold the most special place in your heart.   Here are few tips exclusively for making your mother' day special. You can interview your mother. Let her feel how much interest

The Origin Of Mothers Day

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Origin Of Mothers Day    In many countries around the world, including India, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, as a day for honoring mothers. Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece, which were organized in the honor of Rhea, the wife of Cronus and the Mother of the Gods and Goddesses. In Rome, the celebration of this day was dedicated to Cybele, another Mother Goddess; with the ceremony in her honor beginning somewhere around 250 years before Christ was born. The Roman celebration was known as Hilaria and it lasted for three days, at a stretch. According to another belief, the ceremonies in honor of Cybele were adopted by the early church to venerate the Mother of Christ, Mary. It is also believed that the Mother Church was substituted for Mother Goddess and custom of people visiting the church of his/her baptism, on the day, came into being. People used to attend the mother church of their parish, lade