International Bereaved Mother's Day

Do you know why or how Mother's Day was first created?  It was first created by Anna Jarvis to honor her mother who experienced the death of 7 (yes, 7) of her children. Anna wanted a day that honored her mother for still getting up each day without those children and living each day. Now, Mother's Day is a commercialized day that honors mothers of living children.  I guess Hallmark had an easier time making cards focused on a mother whose children are still living, not mothers who must live the rest of their lives without their children. Naturally, I'm not looking forward to Mother's Day this year, or any year, without Nathan here.  There's just not much to celebrate. Facebook is the worst for these types of holidays, actually, any holidays. On Christmas, people make sure to show pictures of how many presents are underneath their trees for their kids, making it some sort of competition almost. The same is true for Easter and St. Nick's Day.  Pointless posts, in my opinion. On Mother's Day, mothers will post pictures of things their kids or husbands got them and say "I have the best husband and kids in the world", blah, blah, blah.  Posts like these make you sound like you're bragging as you post pictures of your diamonds, cards from your kids, etc. It's great, but most other people don't care. :)

To get back to the real meaning of Mother's Day, the Sunday before Mother's Day is dedicated and called International Bereaved Mother's Day.  Again, I don't think it's necessary for either of these days but it is what it is. There are no cards celebrating these days.  Stores don't have big sales dedicated to all of the Bereaved Mother's Day gift possibilities.  Instead, one group is trying to change Mother's Day back to what it should really mean. Expressing your love in a hand written letter and nothing more.  Keeping it simple, thanking them for what they do, and spending time with them.

http://carlymarieprojectheal.com/2012/05/international-bereaved-mothers-day.html

The link below explains how mothers of children in Heaven feel about the day.

http://allthatlovecando.blogspot.com/2014/04/honoring-babyloss-mother-in-your-life.html