The beginning of Mexican Mother’s Day dates back to April 13, 1922, the day on which the journalist and founder of the newspaper Excelsior, Rafael Alducin (1889-1924), launched a nationwide invitation to choose a special date to pay homage, affection and respect to Mexican mothers.Īccording to the Spanish newspaper El País, the response of Mexican society and the media was favorable, which led to Mexico’s to become the first official Mother’s Day, turning our country in the first nation in Latin America to pay that highly deserved recognition to the mothers. However, the authorities did not show enough enthusiasm for Mother’s Day to become an official celebration, until 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson formally decreed that celebration in the United States on the second Sunday of the month of May. Relatives, friends, neighbors and acquaintances participated spreading the idea in their community through flyers and texts published in local newspapers.Ī year later, the group achieved its mission and for the first time on May 10, 1908, an unofficial ceremony was held to commemorate the mothers in a Methodist church in Grafton, Virginia, United States of America, where around 400 mothers attended with their families. Since that moment, she began a campaing to get the authorities to comply with her request.
Hope you have a wonderful day, and a “Happy Mothers’ Day” to all the mamas out there <3 See ya later tonight.For Mexicans, May 10th is the day to celebrate mothers, or the “Queens of home” (Las Reinas de la casa), and we usually give them flowers, chocolates, clothes, shoes, purses or any other (useless) gift that is good to express our gratitude and love to these women, who are extremely important in our culture.Īccording to the site, the origin of Mother’s day goes back to ancient Greece, where Mother’s Day was established in honor of “ Rhea“, who was known as “the mother of all Greek gods”.Īlong the 19th Century, there were several proposals to have a day to pay tribute to mothers, but it was until 1907 when an American woman, Ana Jarvis met with a group of friends and raised the challenge of working together to establish a date for this celebration. While I miss my mom, nanas and stepmom today, I’m thankful to have people to miss this much. Today, we’ll likely spend most of the day in our pajamas, and I feel so blessed to get to spend time with the people who made me a mom. Last night, I already got the best gift: a big sleepy kiss and an “I love you mama” that melted my heart.
Even on nights like Friday night, when all of our clothes have to be immediately thrown in the washer, all I can do is laugh and know that these really are the good ol’ days. It was a reminder of how quickly time passes even though some days feel longer than others. For the first time in so very long, she felt like a newborn again. Yesterday, she fell asleep in my arms while resting on the couch, and I watched Fools Rush In with her curled up next to me. It breaks my heart to see her not feeling well -especially since she’s usually such an energetic little thing- but selfishly, I love the extra snuggles. Friday night is when she started to get sick, and we’ve been laying low so she can recover. We had an amazing morning on Friday with a beautiful Mother’s Day brunch at her new school, and then we headed to the zoo for a couple of hours to see the animals and pet the goats. This weekend, we’ve been hanging out around the house since little Livi is under the weather.
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