Would you believe there is a holiday for practically every cause from Closet Organizing Day to National Tofu Week? And don’t laugh, there are actually groups seeking to celebrate such things as duct tape, wine stoppers, and tweezers, but you may not have known that several years back, a very important day has actually been set aside by Congress for those parents going it alone? You heard right: National Single Parent’s Day!

Celebrated on March 21, which falls on a Sunday this year, Single Parent’s Day hasn’t had the coverage and hype that say, Mango Martini Awareness Day has, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try and get the word out for this worthier cause.

The brainchild of Janice Moglen, a Denver, Colorado, single mother of two, Single Parents Day began back in 1984 inspired by an article she had written. Moglen hoped that Single Parents Day might eventually gain the recognition many associate with both Mother's Day and Father's Day. She and other promoters of the Coalition for Single Parents Day in collaboration with the organization Parents Without Partners, began to petition individual states to declare their own recognition of Single Parents' Day and has been spreading the word about this holiday ever since.

Mary Anne Britton, a spokesperson for Parents Without Partners, describes Single Parents Day as a day for "honoring the single parent who is basically doing double duty" and "giving them some respect.”

It’s most likely that this date, March 21, was chosen to coincide with the inception of Parents Without Partners, which began 53 years ago, on March 21, 1957.

Other major events have also occurred on March 21. For example, in 1413, Henry V became King of England, In 1905, Albert Einstein published his relativity theory, and Martin Luther King, Jr. lead the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march in Alabama in 1965. And let’s remember, sadly, that on the same day in 1617, Pocahontas died.

But enough trivia. For those who know what it takes to parent solo, let’s plan to do something by setting aside March 21 as a special day for you or that special parent in your life.

You can provide support by requesting that both state and national officials issue a proclamation in support of Single Parents Day. Many states have already proclaimed March 21 as Single Parents Day but we need more to join us.

Contact your governor’s office and remind the White House, too. After all, President Obama was raised by a single mom.

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