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You can prepare for Mother’s Day (and you haven’t forgotten that Sunday, May 8) is Mother’s Day, have you?) with a variety of iOS/iPadOS apps. Mix on Pix 1.0 (free, in-app purchases) for the iPhone and iPad is an app for adding just about anything on pictures, including texts, annotations, watermark ....
Dedicating a day to honor the mothers started out as a U.S. holiday. Although most countries celebrate Mother's Day every second Sunday of May, just like in the U.S., other countries celebrate it on a different date. ....
dianemchase@gmail.com Another Mother’s Day has passed, and I feel the weight of expectation lifted off my shoulders. I’ve written about the evolution of Mother’s Day for over 10 years. So this may be a repeat for some of you. I always felt a few holidays were put on the calendar to sell greeting cards or perhaps boost a lull in candy sales after Easter. Though I have a mother and am a mother, Mother’s Day has landed in that category. I want my children to learn to give me gratitude because I deserve it, not because the calendar dictates it. If people deserve to be celebrated, it should be every day or not at all. That’s right. There is a lot of pressure to deliver the goods to mother figures, and there is always someone left behind. I want to remind people the pressure is over and there is a lot of Mother’s Day history to unpack. ....
Why is Mother’s Day celebrated on different dates throughout the world? The second-Sunday-of-May rule does not apply everywhere, and there’s a good reason why. The Tempest A woman sits cross-legged with her smiling toddler outdoors. Make waves in your inbox For many countries, Mother’s Day is coming up soon, and we’re already scrolling Etsy or online stores to find the perfect gift for mom. For others, this Sunday is just another regular weekend with no celebrations. That is because not all countries actually observe the second-Sunday-of-May rule to commemorate the occasion. Did you know that the U.K. celebrates Mother’s Day in March, and it is called ‘Mothering Sunday’ instead? Or that for Egypt and the rest of the Arab world, the occasion is marked on March 21? Meanwhile, Russia celebrates it twice a year. With so much to remember, why isn’t there a standardized date for a momentous affair honoring a central figure in our lives? ....