Mother's Day

Twas the night before Mother's Day, and all through the house all the creatures were stirring including the cricket... UGGGGHHHHHHHH oh we have a cricket outside somewhere and all I can here is him or her chirping away... I wonder do they ever get tired of drawing on their wings to make noise? Do they ever give themselves headaches? I mean really???? It is pretty but after hours on end it gets irritating.... Especially when one is trying to get beauty sleep... I mean I have to look good do I not? Well ok so Honeyboo has to look good then. There I said it....

President Woodrow Wilson declared on May 9, 1914, the first national Mother's Day as a day for American citizens to show the  American flag in honor of those mothers whose sons had died in war. The holiday was declared officially by the state of West Virginia in 1910, and the rest of states followed quickly, and On May 8, 1914, the U.S. Congress passed a law designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. So there you have it... Or do you really know how it all got started??? In 1908 Anna Jarvis campaigned for the creation of an official Mother’s Day in remembrance of her mother and in honor of peace.  Anna petitioned the superintendent of the church where her Mother had spent over 20 years teaching Sunday School. Her request was honored, and on May 10, 1908, the first official Mother's Day celebration took place at Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia and a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The West Virginia event drew a congregation of 407 and Anna Jarvis arranged for white carnations—her Mother’s favorite flower—to adorn the patrons. Two carnations were given to every Mother in attendance. Today, white carnations are used to honor deceased Mothers, while pink or red carnations pay tribute to Mothers who are still alive. Anna and Woodrow were not the first two to honor thy mother, before them there was a lady named Julia Ward Howe. She began her tribute in 1870  as she  had become so distraught by the death and carnage of the Civil War that she called on Mother’s to come together and protest what she saw as the futility of their Sons killing the Sons of other Mothers.
At one point Howe even proposed converting July 4th into Mother’s Day, in order to dedicate the nation’s anniversary to peace. Eventually, however, June 2nd was designated for the celebration. In 1873 women’s groups in 18 North American cities observed this new Mother’s holiday. Howe initially funded many of these celebrations, but most of them died out once she stopped footing the bill. The city of Boston, however, would continue celebrating Howe’s holiday for 10 more years.Despite the decided failure of her holiday, she nevertheless planted the seed that would blossom into what we know as Mother’s Day today.

So there is some food for thought about the how and why of Mother's Day. Ironic is it not that at this moment as we type and read we have Mother's just as we did in the 1800's who have lost their sons. We should honor them with our love. We are all mom's and know there is no greater love then a mom's love. So this Mother's Day as we give and get take time to stop and remember that some Mother's are without a Mom's day. Honor yours if you still have her and if you do not, honor her still. But least not forget those whose sons and daughters have without thought given of themselves and can no longer honor their mom.

  Smooches and love.
Night.....