Do I have to be here?

Why can't I go play with my friends?

Don't you want to help me make a delicious cake for mom for Mother's Day?

Umm…yes! I do!

Well, then you must be patient

We have found almost everything we need

Okay

I know that it is tomorrow, Tia

but why do we celebrate Mother's Day?

Mother's Day has been celebrated for many many centuries and ages

Ancient Greeks and Romans celebrated it as a festival

So did the Christian people

But the Mother's Day we all have come to know

and celebrate has a different reason

Really? There's another reason for it?

Yes, and not a very happy story for it.

Why? What happened, Tia?

First you need to know about Ann Reeves Jarvis

In the 1900 in the US, before the Civil War

she started groups like the 'Mothers' Day Work Clubs'

that helped the local women take care of their children

Later, these clubs came together and did many peace keeping activities.

Wow!

But the actual Mother's Day

did not come about till

after 1905, when Ann passed away

Her daughter

Anna Jarvis decided to celebrate Mother's Day

as a way to celebrate the sacrifices moms make for their children

In May 1908, she had a huge celebration on the day

with thousands of people joining

By 1912, everybody was celebrating the Mother's Day we know today.

I thought you said there was a sad story too behind it?

Well, as years passed by

people started celebrating Mother's Day with a lot of fanfare

But they forgot that the holiday was not just about gifts and treats

but about remembering

and honouring the many sacrifices mom's make for their children!

Oh! It just became a holiday...

Yes, exactly

And Anna Reeves Jarvis spent the rest of her life urging people

to drop the show and pomp around the festival.

Wow... Her whole life?

Yes. You know

she did not even marry

and dedicated herself to the cause completely

Just in honour of the lovely mothers all around the world.

You know, Tia

Tomorrow I will not go anywhere

Let's stay at home and plan a great day for mom

We'll not let her do any work and will pamper her

like the way she pamper us every single day

That's a brilliant plan Tofu

Then, let us also buy a few things for breakfast

and we can make her a delicious breakfast in bed!

Yes! Let's do that!