Mother's Day Posted at 3/29/2010 11:45:00 PM 0 comments (+) Here's a Mother's Day trivia for you:

Did you know that Carnations represent this celebration? Well, here's a tidbit of information I got from WIKIPEDIA.

Carnations have come to represent Mother's Day, since Anna Jarvis delivered 500 of them at its first celebration in 1908. Many religious services held later copied the custom of giving away carnations. This also started the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother's Day. The founder, Anna Jarvis, chose the carnation because it was the favorite flower of her mother. In part due to the shortage of white carnations, and in part due to the efforts to expand the sales of more types of flowers in Mother's Day, the florists promoted wearing a red carnation if your mother was living, or a white one if she was dead; this was tirelessly promoted until it made its way into the popular observations at churches.

I hope you learned something new today! But if your mom is not a huge fan of carnations, you can always give other types of flowers. Roses, tulips, daisies, lilies, iris, and sunflowers are just some of the flowers that mothers love. As they say, you will never go wrong with flowers. Whatever you pick, I'm 100% sure that it will make your mom feel loved and special. Trust me on this because I'm a mom too and i know how it feels. :)