Once a year, on the second Sunday in May, we love on and honor our mothers in a special way; it’s Mother’s Day!

We also pay tribute to deceased mothers. Many sons and daughters wear special-colored roses or carnations pinned to their jackets or dresses to honor or memorialize their mothers on this revered Sunday. Adorned with artificial or live flowers, churchgoers wear red, white, or pink roses or carnations. White or pink roses usually honor deceased mothers, and red rose- wearers gather around the special female in their lives.

Mother’s Day shouldn’t be once a year; it should be every day. Mothers are one of a kind. They deserve all the attention and love that their children give them, plus more. Like the Intruders say, “You only get one; you only get one, yeah.”
Mother’s Day not only recognizes blood bonds, but also maternal bonds established by other females, like aunties, friends, and others in our lives.

Thanks to Anna Jarvis for her contributions in establishing Mother’s Day to honor her deceased mother and all mothers. West Virginia, where Jarvis lived, was the first state to establish Mother’s Day as a state holiday. 

President Woodrow Wilson established Mother’s Day as a national holiday in 1914. His proclamation is cited below:

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Whereas, By a Joint Resolution approved May 8, 1914, “designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day, and for other purposes,” the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the government officials to display the United States flag on all government buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country;

And whereas, by the said Joint Resolution, it is made the duty of the President to request the observance of the second Sunday in May as provided for in the said Joint Resolution;

Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said Joint Resolution, do hereby direct the government officials to display the United States flag on all government buildings and do invite the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.

In witness whereof, I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States one hundred and thirty-eight.

WOODROW WILSON

By the President:

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Secretary of State.

I thank God for my mother, who left a great legacy of great hospitality, devotion, sacrifice, and love for Christ, her family, and many friends.

Don’t forget to display your flags on the second Sunday in May.  

May 10, 2026, is Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers around the world! We thank God for mothers.

We miss you, Mom.