MOMS are busy, juggling multiple things at the same time — from managing her household to her business to her personal “me time.”

But why do we have such a special day as Mother’s Day? The actual observance of this day grew from a modest beginning in 1872 as a day dedicated to peace. On May 9, 1914 then President Woodrow Wilson signed a resolution of Congress commending its observance. The next year the president was authorized to declare Mother’s Day as a day of national observance, and it has been a national custom to this day.

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