So it is Mother's day again my friends.   This year it holds some more meaning to me due to all that has happened this past year. A wonderful woman with wonderful children and also our little lost one but never lost in memory.
Anyways,it's Mother's day now or soon will be or was already depending on when and where in the world you are when you read this.  But what is the REAL significance of it?? Do you know? Is it really just some holiday made up to sell some more greeting cards and fill up the restaurants or is there more to it then that?
With all of us here being wiccan/pagan I think we should be little more in tune with the meaning of Mother's day thanks to the goddess. The mother of all things in the universe that we live in and beyond. 
But before we can understand what the day has come to mean to us we need to understand who the day celebrates, Mothers. In ALL of our lives there is this extraordinary woman whom we call mother. Who is that woman? what does she mean to us?

This is a woman who nurtured you in her womb for 9 months, who talked to you and whispered her love to you before you were even brought into this world to experience all its wonders. This is the person who guided you and expanded your knowledge of the world around you, made you  strong, resilient and hungry for knowledge so that you may become the person that you are now..She was your guardian angel, supporting you beneath her outstretched  arms and caring for you when you did not want it. Being there for your success and heartaches. Always just a visit or phone-call away and ready to throw herself into whatever you may need of her. Why? Because she loves you and you are a extension of her. She is in you and will always be a part of you.  A mother doesn't just need to be the woman that gave birth to you it can be any woman that has filled that role in your life.
 Everyday is actually Mother's day.  It is something that should always be honoured and praised.   We should all be thankful to our mothers and instill in our children the love and respect for womanhood and motherhood. That there is this special person, this guardian angel and friend who should always know our undying love and respect and above all our thanks. 

So yes, I do think we need a Mothers day celebration.  Do you know why? It is in that  one day that we all can collectively honour all the mothers and the women who also fill that role in our lives with the honour, the gratitude and above all the respect they most certainly deserve in life. I love my mother and honour her and I thank her for having me on this day. I love and honour Nat for being the amazing mother that she is.  Joseph would have been truly blessed.
Grandmothers are twice blessed on this day with the love and adoration of their children and their children's children.  .....
. So to all you mothers out there and all of you who are in the role of being a mother figure to some one. Goddess bless you all. Happy Mother's day

love and light, jason