Tag Archive for Mother’s Day

Idea for Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to your mom or someone who has been a mom to you.  Give her a beautiful indoor or outdoor flowering plant she can enjoy for many more years than the bouquet enclosed in a plastic tube.  Both she and the Earth will appreciate it.

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Military Moms and Mother’s Day

Mostly, the media covers men in the military, showing their kids running into their arms when their dad suddenly appears home on leave. Imagine being a mother deployed far away from your kids, and imagine her feelings on Mother’s Day.

I invite you to remember these military moms by signing this thank-you card sponsored by the USO.  They won’t be able to be with their kids this coming Sunday, but at least they’ll know that we care about and appreciate them.

Mother’s Day Spirit

Honor the early history and spirit of Mother’s Day in the U.S. (It actually goes as far back as the ancient Greeks.) On the first Mother’s Day celebration (1858) at a W. Virginia church, Ann Jarvis united mothers to fight infant mortality.  During the rest of the 1800s women’s peace groups perpetuated the idea of bringing together mothers for just causes.  After the Civil War Julia Ward Howe called on mothers to unite against war and promote social justice.  In 1872, Anna Jarvis suggested an official Mother’s Day.  She got the idea from her own activist social worker mom, who, noticing that adult Americans were neglecting their mothers, felt strongly that all mothers should be honored for their contributions.

Greeting card companies, florists, candy-makers, and others have commercialized the day, turning it into a sentimental occasion.  Of course, moms appreciate the attention from their kids.  Wouldn’t it be appropriate, too, to celebrate them as people who accomplished the difficult task of raising children while contributing time and effort to their community and world?

Although you’ve been gone many years, happy Mother’s  Day, Mom, and thank you for all you did for our family and the positive differences you made in so many lives.

 

Mothers’ Secrets

Here are 10 things your mother never told you:

Speaking as a mother, it was all worth it!

Happy Mother’s Day!