MOTHER’S Day is celebrated throughout the world every year on the second Sunday of May. The extent of the celebration varies greatly. In some countries, it is potentially offensive to one’s mother not to mark Mother’s Day. In others, it is a little known festival.

In India, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. But in other countries, it is celebrated in an entirely different time of the year. But whatever may be the date of Mother’s Day, the spirit of the celebration is the same everywhere. Everywhere in the world, mothers are respected for their extreme devotion towards their children. The word ‘motherhood’ symbolises love and kindness, patience, sacrifice, tenderness and many other human behavioural expressions in the human nature. Motherhood is termed as the greatest gift of God to mankind and the creation will ever be indebted to its ‘mother’. It can be rightly said that these words could never have been in the dictionary without ‘motherhood’. Almost every single group in our society and every family relationship has a special day such as Teacher’s Day, Children’s Day, Women’s Day, Father’s Day, Labour Day and Mother’s Day.

It is a common saying in our society that all the days of the year are Mother’s Day, but we cannot celebrate all the 365 days of the year as Mother’s Day. That is why, this day is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of May so that everyone is able to celebrate this day with their mothers who gave them birth. Keeping aside a day especially for mothers out of the 365 days of the year is a good idea. A mother has been historically expected to contribute her whole career to her family.

A mother is a great gift for us from God and no one can take the place of a mother. So without a mother, our life is meaningless as a mother is everything for a child to survive in this world. Mothers love and they play a vital part of a child’s care. A mother is always with her child during the worst and best times.

Don’t mothers deserve a smile? Absolutely, they do deserve more than a smile because they only demand happiness from their children. Finally, never ever hurt your mother and always give due regard and respect to her. Mother’s Day is a happiest and highly memorable day of the year for every child.

On Mother’s Day you can gift your mother with a beautiful bouquet of flowers or surprise her with a unique gift that she will remember for many years to come. This year, Mother’s Day is being celebrated on 12 May.

—The writer is contributing columnist, based in Mumbai, India

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