Mother's Day!

In the UK, Mothering Sunday is March 18th (this year), and is now basically the equivalent to Mothers Day in other countries. It has been celebrated in the UK on the fourth Sunday in Lent since at least the 16th century. No one is absolutely certain exactly how the idea of Mothering Sunday began, but apparently on this day, about four hundred years ago, people who lived in little villages made a point of going not to their local church but to the nearest big church. To what was called the Mother Church. And some would go to the nearest city to worship in the cathedral.


The original meaning of Mothering Sunday in England has been largely lost, however due to my recent change in status, bring on the special treatment:) Oh and of course, I'm a 'mum' in the UK, not a 'mom'.



Happy Mothering Sunday to all mums out there!