Hope you didn’t forget your mom yesterday. Mother’s Day is a tradition dating back to the early 1600’s. England called it Mothering Sunday back then, and Christians used it as as a day to celebrate Mary, mother of Jesus. Over the years, the tradition evolved and the scope expanded to include all mothers.

The holiday really ramped up during WWI. President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday in May a national holiday, Mother’s Day. And so the commercial holiday was born, giving florists and jewelers a reason to celebrate!

We should celebrate our Moms everyday, not just the second Sunday in May.