Many people follow the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother's Day. A colored carnation means that a person's mother is living. A white carnation indicates that a person's mother is dead. Mother's Day, first observed in 1908, was recognized officially by Congress and the President in 1914. May. Mother's Day is one of the holidays that have been designated by Presidential proclamations.
Mothers come in all different shapes and sizes.
No one teaches you how to be a Mother. We don't even get to choose our mothers. Many mothers are Single mothers, some have adopted Children, some are widows raising children alone, some have joint custody but the child may live with the father or they get to see their children every other weekend. For some of you Mother's Day may be a very difficult day. You might have lost a child to an early tragic death, you may have given up your child for adoption and never even held him or her in your arms.