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It's May 8th. I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is no ordinary episode of the 10 News.

This is The 10 News Gets Extra.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day, Mommy.

So we are celebrating this special day and all the moms out there.

So, Mom, this one's for you.

Let's dive in. The first official Mother's Day celebration was way back in 1908.

It was organized by Anna Jarvis and held at a church in Grafton, West Virginia.

Jarvis believed that a holiday was needed for children to thank their moms for all they do.

She led a huge letter campaign to get Mother's Day added as a national holiday.

Her efforts worked, and President Woodrow Wilson officially created the holiday in 1914.

And we've been celebrating moms, stepmoms, grandmoms ever since.

Hi, my name is Isabel and I'm from Columbus, Ohio.

I would like to say thank you to my mom for all of her hard work.

I also want to thank her for always being there.

There are a lot of cool moms in nature.

Lane Farber from the Nature Nerds podcast joins us to count down the most magnificent

moms in the animal kingdom.

It's May, which means it's the month of mom.

Time for Mother's Day, the special holiday where we celebrate the wonderful women who raised us.

Now, raising a human baby is hard work.

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