中國作為世界大國，應當有自己的母親節，中國的母親節比外國的母親節更厲害，中國的母親節一定成功，成為世界的，整個人類的。

　　母親節的來歷英文版：

　　The history of Mother's Day

　　The earliest Mother's Day celebrations are traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods.

　　During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called “Mothering Sunday”， celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent . “Mothering Sunday” honored the mothers of England. During this time many of the England's poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers.

　　On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.

　　As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the “Mother Church” -- the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church.

　　In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace.

　　In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

　　Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. It was successful, by 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow

　　Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.

　　While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.

　　Richer Than Gold

　　Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)I had a mother who read me things .That wholesome life to the boy heart brings .Stories that stir with an upward touch,Oh, that each mother of boys were such!

　　You may have tangible wealth untold,Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.Richer than I you can never be .I had a mother who read to me.

　　為什么會有母親節這個說法

　　母親節的傳統起源于古希臘。在一月八日這一天，古希臘人向希臘眾神之母瑞亞致敬。到古羅馬時，這些5.10母親節活動的規模就變得更大，慶祝盛況往往持續達三天之久。當然，古時人們對女神的崇拜只不過是一種迷信，它同今天人們對母性的尊敬是大不相同的。17世紀中，母親節流傳到英國，英國人把封齋期的第四個星期天作為母親節。在這一天里，出門在外的年輕人將回到家中，給他們的母親帶上一些小禮物。

　　1876年，美國還在悲悼南北戰爭的死者。安娜·查維斯夫人在禮拜母親節由來堂講授美國國殤紀念日的課程，講到戰役中捐軀的英雄故事后，她進行祈禱時說：“但愿在某處、某時，會有人創立一個母親節，紀念和贊揚美國與全世界的母親。”

　　現在世界流行的母親節是5月的第二個星期日，是美國最先設立的。1914年，美利堅合眾國國會正式命名5月的第二個星期日為母親節，并要求總統發布宣言，號召政府官員在所有的公共建筑物上懸掛國旗。緊接著，威爾遜總統昭告全國公民也在自己的住宅上掛國旗以表達人們對美利堅合眾國全體母親的熱愛和尊敬。此后美利堅合眾國總統每年都要發表一篇內容相同的宣言。此后，母親節便在各國開展。母親節是在中國港澳臺地區流行起來之后才進入大陸的。