Mothering Sunday in the UK is a very old festival linked to the religious calendar.Yes we have Mothering Sunday, more often called Mother's day now. It is always the 4th Sunday in Lent, so three Sundays before Easter Sunday. We don't really use it to Celebrate all women in our lives, traditionally it is just Mother's although each year I notice cards in the shops wishing Happy Mother's day to Grandma's, Aunties etc. ( I suspect the card company's are just trying to sell more cards!). Traditionally it was a day that servants were given a day off to go back home to pay visits to their Mother's.
It's the day you would attend your 'mother church'... the one you and your family had used for generations.
This, naturally, became something of a family reunion and then developed into the day you visited home to spend time with mother and big houses would traditionally give staff some or all of the day off.
In Spain, Mother's Day is in December and celebrates the Virgin Mary - the ultimate mother
Have a safe trip. Hopefully it will be calmer soon!It's early morning here in Northern Ireland but I'm wide awake due to the storm raging outside. The sea is crashing over the garden, it is pretty awesome but I am due to catch a plane home in a few hours so I am hoping it calms down some!