Mother's Day 2022: Google Doodle honours moms around the world

Mother’s Day 2022: Google Doodle is celebrating moms today.

The Google Doodle on May 8 honours moms around the world to mark Mother’s Day 2022. It features a GIF of two hands — a mother’s protective one and a child’s little — one touching each other, planting saplings and reading together.

“Happy Mother’s Day,” Google said in a note accompanying the doodle.

Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world, though on different dates. It is celebrated on May 8 in about 40 countries, including the United States and India.

The celebration of Mother’s Day has its origins in the Middle Ages. “(During those times), the custom developed of allowing those who had moved away to visit their mothers on Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent,” according to Britannica.

This developed into Mothering Sunday in Britain. The custom was carried forward to modern times and was eventually replaced by Mother’s Day on May 12, 1907, when Anna Jarvis, a woman in the US, hosted a Mother’s Day Service of Worship  in honour of her late mother in a church in West Virginia.

Mother’s Day is now a national holiday in the US. Overtime, the observance of the festival also came to include the celebration of grandmothers and aunts.

On Mother’s Day, send your moms these wishes to tell them how much they mean to you:

I’m glad that you’re my mother because I’m not sure anyone else could have put up with me this long! Love you, mom.

Your smile brightens each day and makes it better than the last. Happy Mother’s Day, mom!

I feel so lucky to have you as my mom. Thanks for always believing in me and doing so much for me each day. Have a great Mother’s Day, you deserve to be spoiled!

It’s my time to tell you how fortunate and special I am to be blessed with a mother as caring, loving as you. Wish you a happy Mother’s Day, mom.