Salamat sa'yo Nanay!

Mother's day.... saan at pano ba 'to nagsimula?

Historians claim that the holiday of Mother's Day emerged from the ancient festivals dedicated to mother goddess. In the ancient Greek empire, Rhea, the wife of Cronus, and mother of Gods and Goddesses, was worshipped. In Rome too, Cybele, a mother Goddesses, was worshipped, as early as 250 BC. It was known as Hilaria, and it lasted for three days, called the Ides of March, that is from March 15 to March 18. However, neither of them meant for the honoring of our immediate mothers, as is done in our Mother's Day. Rather more closely aligned to our Mother's Day, is the "Mothering Sunday".England observed "Mothering Sunday", or the "Mid-Lent-Sunday, on the fourth Sunday in Lent.
<http://www.theholidayspot.com/mothersday/history.htm>

Pero para sa akin hindi na mahalaga kung saan o paano ito nagsimula, ang importante bigyang halaga natin ang ating butihing Ina ngayon Araw ng mga Nanay. Kung hindi dahil sa kanila wala tayo ngayon sa mundong ginagalawan natin, sila ang nagsilbing unang inspirasyon sa buhay natin sila rin ang walang sawang pumupuri sa atin tuwing may nagagawa tayong magandang bagay. Malaki rin ang bahagi ng ating Ina kung anong pag-uugali tayo mreon ngayon, dahil sila ang una nating guro at kaibigan. Ngayong Mother's day wag sana nating kaligtaang batiin sila ng "Ma, happy mother's day", at sana'wag nating ipagkait sa kanila ang kapirasong katagang ito "Salamat sa'yo nanay".