Best Handmade Gifts in Toronto For Mother's Day

  Irish Linen Scarf in colour "Dove" by McNutt of Donegal, Donegal, Ireland. 

Mother’s Day, as we know it today, has deep roots that stretch back centuries. Ancient cultures like the Greeks and Romans held festivals honouring mother goddesses such as Rhea and Cybele. In 16th-century England, "Mothering Sunday" emerged — a day for people to return to their "mother church" and spend time with their families, often honouring their mothers with small gifts or flowers.

The modern version of Mother's Day began in the early 20th century in the United States. It was championed by Anna Jarvis, who wanted to create a day to honor the sacrifices mothers made for their children. The first official Mother's Day was celebrated in 1908, and by 1914, it had become a national holiday. Since then, the tradition has spread worldwide, with different countries putting their own cultural touches on the celebration.

Today, Mother’s Day is all about showing love and gratitude — whether through a handwritten card, a handmade gift, or simply spending time together.

• “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.”—Robert Browning
• “I realised when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” —Mitch Albom
• “A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”—Victor Hugo
• "If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?" —Milton Berle
• “My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.” —Jodi Picoult
• “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” —William Makepeace Thackeray
• “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln
• “A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.” —Princess Diana
• “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” ―Washington Irving
• “We are born of love; love is our mother.” —Rumi
• “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” —Hermann Hesse
• "When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother." —Anna Quindlen
• "God couldn't be everywhere so that is why he invented mothers." —Daphne Wilder
• “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” —Amit Kalantri
• "Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb." —Leroy Brownlow
• "When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know." —Charley Benetto
• "Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." —Oliver Wendell Holmes
• "Motherhood: All love begins and ends there." —Robert Browning
• "There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one." —Jill Churchill