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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America MAY 1997 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS by ANNA KRAWCZUK In Ukrainian culture and religious traditions, the month of May is dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God. Mary is lovingly called our Protectress and Guiding Light and is a Mother who knows the joy of motherhood and understands the pain of suffer ing and deep sorrow. She is also our Mother of love and hope. In the United States of America, the second Sunday of May has been a national holiday since 1914, the year President Woodrow Wilson officially designated the day as Mother’s Day. The idea for Mother’s Day is generally credited to Anna M. Jar vis, whose intention was to have special memorial services for her own mother who died in 1904. Through perseverance and hard work she suc ceeded, and in 1907, the first such service was held in a small Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia. Seven years later Mother’s Day became a national holiday. The early 20th century was a milestone for women who emerged as community leaders with voting privileges. The early women’s movement may have been the pivotal force in governmental approval of a special day honoring mothers. Today Mother’s Day is celebrated with gifts and special services, but mostly as an expression of love. Presently, more than 46 countries have a special day set aside for honoring mothers, many but not all, on the second Sunday in May. The Interna tional Mother’s Day is always on May 11, and this year it falls on the second Sunday in May. Mother’s Day is a day of joy for any mother whose children are around her and with excite ment present her with flowers, candy and gifts. A great privilege and responsibility is given to a woman when she becomes a mother, be it a natu ral or adoptive mother. Her life changes tremend ously for she realizes that parenting has become the main task in her life and that of her husband. Mothering does not cease when she is widowed or divorced. It is with unselfish love that she rears and molds her child. It is with a bit of sadness in her heart when she sees her children mature, leave home and build their own families. It is with great happiness and love that she welcomes her grandchildren. It is with heartache when she her self becomes dependent on her childern due to age, illness or circumstance. The love of her child ren sustains her and she finds peace. On this Mother’s Day let us remember moth ers who on this special day are alone and forgot ten. Let us remember the mother whose child is critically ill as she sits helplessly by his bedside. Let us give a bouquet of flowers to the mother whose child’s journey of life has ended prematurely. On this day of love and remembrance, let us join in sending our love and understanding to the mothers in Ukraine whose children are suffering from the effects of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, still visible eleven years later and threatening to be so for many years to come. The Chornobyl mother, who engulfed in sorrow, suffers by the bedside of her hopelessly ailing child or the Chornobyl Mother that was ... the one whose child is gone forever. On this day of love and remembrance, let us join in sending best wishes to all mothers. Let us love them and honor them. 14 ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ 1997 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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