Mother's Day

What should I write besides Happy Mother's Day?  It is hard to think of anything clever.  I did some research on Mother's Day that may have nothing to do with tea, cooking or gardening, but is interesting nonetheless.  

One of the oldest Mother deities worshiped was Isis from Egypt.  She was considered the Mother of the Pharaohs.  Later In Greek mythology there was Rhea the mother of Zeus and considered the Mother of the gods.  This evolved into celebrating the Mother Church and Mary by early Christians.  The English in the 1600s broadened it to include real mothers.  In the late 1800s the start of what we consider Mother's Day in the United States is forming.  After the bloody Civil War Julie Ward Howe wanted Mothers to protest the killing of their sons.  Soon afterward it evolved into honoring your mother and a national holiday in the United States in 1914 that spread to many countries across the world.

This is a very brief synopsis of an article I read on the internet http://www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/.  It also tells briefly how other countries celebrate Mother's Day, including exchanging teas in Australia for Mother's Day.  Well I guess tea does get mentioned after all.