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Hello again, friend. Welcome back to part two of my chilling Mother's Day Collaboration Special.

Before we embark on our journey again, I want to take a moment to reflect on the origins of this

holiday. To truly understand the history of Mother's Day, we must go back thousands of years

to the ancient world. The earliest known celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be

traced back to the annual Spring Festival in ancient Greece, honoring Rhea, the Mother of Gods.

But it wasn't just the Greeks. The Romans also had a festival called Matronalia.

Where husbands and children would shower their wives and mothers with gifts and flowers.

This tradition carried on for centuries in various forms, eventually influencing a Christian

holiday known as Mothering Sunday. Mothering Sunday was celebrated in Europe, particularly in the

United Kingdom, on the fourth Sunday of Lent. This was a time when people would return to their

mother church, the church where they were baptized and grew up attending. Families would reunite,

and children would often bring gifts such as flowers or small tokens for their mothers.

But what about modern Mother's Day? For that, we must turn to the early 20th century,

in the efforts of a woman named Anna Jarvis. Anna Jarvis was the daughter of Anne Reeves Jarvis,

a social activist and community organizer who worked hard to improve the lives of women and families.

After her mother's death in 1905, Anna sought to create a day that would honor the sacrifice's

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