For Peak Milk brand, mother’s day is worth celebrating
Mothers play unique roles in the family. They are the burden bearers. From conception through all of life’s journeys mothers have been there. They love, care, protect and clear the mess. For these reasons and many more the global community sets aside two days in the year, third Sunday of lent which comes up every March (UK and Anglicans) and second Sunday of May (US and Catholics) to honour and celebrate mothers as well as thank them for the enormous sacrifices they make in raising their children.
The day is used to shower love, gratitude and appreciation mothers for their love and sacrifice in building their homes. The day is marked by special church services, such acts of kindness as giving of gifts to mothers and general merry making. Ken Nwodika, a clergy says that Mother’s Day ’is a date one has to look into one’s life, see what your mother has done in your life and show her love.’
While the Anglican Communion, Church of England and some others join the age old tradition of UK and Ireland since the 16th century of celebrating Mothering Sunday every fourth Sunday in Lent many other countries including the Catholic Church follow the US and celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May.
Mothering Sunday was originally a day set aside to honour Virgin Mary, mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ. During such celebrations children who work far away from their homes were required to visit their ‘mother’ or local churches to reunite with their families and share happy moments with their mothers. With the spread of Christianity throughout Europe in the 16th century increased the scope of celebrations to an occasion of appreciating mothers and thereby firmly putting Mothering Sunday on the global calendar.
In Nigeria, Mother’s Day has become a very important day in our annual events calendar making it one of the most celebrated events after Christmas and Easter.
In Nigeria, the day has also become a day to celebrate some outstanding mothers. Children use the occasion to shower their mothers with gifts in demonstration of how much they are valued. Husbands also give their wives treats in different kinds of ways in the spirit of the day.
As the world celebrate mothers today, women and children centric brand owners engage in different activities to bond with mothers.
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s Mother’s Day celebration, Peak Milk has introduced special limited edition packs, specifically in honor of Nigerian mothers. Emblazoned with such words as ‘Love You’; ‘Sweet Mother’ and ‘Thank You’, Peak Milk is an exciting but nutritious gift.
Like mothers, Peak Milk has been there from generation to generation caring for the nutritional needs of Nigerian families.
Danie Obi