I’ve grown up celebrating my mom on the 8th of March, on Women’s Day, together with the other important women in my life like my grandmother, aunts, and best friends. Since moving to Italy I’ve discovered that there is a special day dedicated just to mothers on the second Sunday of May. While it makes sense to have a whole day specially dedicated to motherhood, I was curious to know how this day came to be. Asking my Italian friends they told me that given May is the month dedicated to Virgin Mary, the second Sunday of May was chosen to celebrate all mothers. According to my more knowledgeable friend Wikipedia, Mother’s Day was some lady’s idea back in 1905 who campaigned to have this day as a recognized holiday to honor her own mother and all the mothers of the World whose contributions to society needed recognition. Well done Anna Jarvis!