May 13 is a day set aside specially to honor birth mothers. In 1990, a group of Seattle birthmothers gathered on the Saturday before Mother's Day to honor their motherhood of the children they gave life to. Thus, Birthmother's Day was born.

Now Birthmother's Day is a widespread holiday in the adoption community with many groups holding special events and services to honor birthmothers on this day.

Birthmother's Day Event in South Carolina
On May 13th, 2006, a group of birthmothers will be holding a celebration at Lifepoint Community Church in Greenville, SC. Registration is from 9:30-10 a.m.

This free event is for any and all birthmothers, young or old. Limited seating is available so you must RSVP by May 7th. There will be fun, fellowship, crafts, lunch, a small ceremony, door prizes, and more!

Birthmother's Day Cards
Coley Strickland, co-founder of BirthMom Buds and the coordinator of the Greenville event, also has a birth mother card business.

The site, called Heartmark Designs, sells cards that adoptive parents can send to their child's birth mother.

They also offer cards that people can send to birth moms in honor of their child's birthday, as well as a selection of "anytime" cards.

For more information about cards or the Greenville Birthmother's Day event, e-mail Coley at birthmombuds@gmail.com.

Do you know of any Birthmother's Day events in your community? If so, please add them to the Comments area of this post.