Celebrate Your Mother (and next month- your father)

Mother's Day for some is a holiday and for some it is not, but there's nothing wrong with having a day to reflect on everything our mothers have done and continue to do for us.
Many would say that Mother's Day is absolutely not a Jewish holiday, but I would have to disagree.
The 5th commandment is to honor your father and mother. What's interesting about this is that the 10 commandments were engraved on two tablets- 5 on the first and 5 on the second.
The first tablet contains mitzvot that are "between man and G-d," while the commandments on the second tablet are those "between man and man." This means that the 5th commandment of honoring your parents belongs to the category of "between G-d and man."
This can be explained further... There are three partners in man: G-d, his father, and his mother. When a man honors his father and his mother, G-d says: "I consider it though I had dwelt among them and they had honored Me." This is an extremely powerful statement that by honoring your mother and father can we then only fully appreciate our relationship with G-d.
We are required to view our parents not only with love, but with awe as well.
It is for these reasons that every one of us must strive to truly honor our parents. That means that we make an effort to look after their needs , as well as treating them with the utmost respect, whether we agree with them or not. It is not just a nice thing to do; it is a direct commandment from G-d!
So go ahead and celebrate Mother's Day! In fact I came across an article that has ideas for unique gifts just for your Jewish mother.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/739805/10_unique_mothers_day_gifts_for_jewish.html