jivy | 
05 12th, 2007| 
People in different countries celebrate Mother’s Day on different days because the day has a number of different origins. But in the Philippines, we follow the US tradition which is celebrated every second Sunday of May. Thanks to Julia Ward Howe for having a great vision that mothers all over the world must be recognised because of the great job that they’re doing for their family. Here’s an excerpt of her poem Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870 as a call for peace and disarmament:
From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: “Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.”
Blood does not wipe out dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace…
Although Howe failed in her attempt to have formal recognition of a Mother’s Day for Peace, other homemakers were influenced by her idea and decided to better their country by helping to improve sanitation and planting crops for other people.
I’m taking this opportunity to thank my mom for the great job that she’s doing for us…we LOVE you so much! and now that I’m a mother, too, I know the feeling how difficult life is and how we must struggle to live decently. Sweet things don’t come in a box….to my angels, no words can describe how wonderful my feeling is having you in my life! To all the mothers out there, this is our day, Happy Mother’s Day!
