Gimme a M

In most of the world's major languages the word for mother starts with an M. Most people think of Mother's Day as a fairly recent holiday,in the US it was officially designated as a holiday in 1914 by Woodrow Wilson,but mothers were honored long before that date. In Greek mythology spring festivals were held to honor the maternal goddess Rhea.Romans celebrated with a 3 day festival dedicated to a mother goddess in 250 B.C. Mothering Sunday took place in the 1600s in England where mothers were honored with flowers. In current times over 122 million phone calls are made to moms on Mother's Day and approximately $14 billion is spent on moms. To all of the mothers reading this today I would like to wish you Happy Mother's Day.