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Mother's Day is
celebrated on the second Sunday in
May-a time when flowers are in bloom. Mother's Day
is a special time for children to honor their mothers
(as well as grandmothers and other "mothers") and
show appreciation for their love and caring.
Anna M.
Jarvis (1864-1948) is credited with originating our Mother's Day holiday. The first
Mother's Day observance was a church service honoring Mrs. Anna Reese Jarvis, held at Anna
Jarvis's request in Grafton, West Virginia, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10,
1908. The first Mother's Day proclamation was issued by the governor of West Virginia in
1910. Oklahoma celebrated Mother's Day that year as well. By 1911 every state had its own
observances. By then other areas celebrating Mother's Day included Mexico, Canada, China,
Japan, South America and Africa. The Mother's Day International Association was
incorporated on December 12, 1912, with the purpose of furthering meaningful observations
of Mother's Day. The House of Representatives in May, 1913, unanimously adopted a
resolution requesting the President, his Cabinet, members of Congress, and all officials
of the federal government to wear a white carnation on Mother's Day. Congress passed
another Joint Resolution May 8, 1914, designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's
Day. Red carnations, in time, became the symbol of a living mother. White ones now signify
that one's mother has died.
Unfortunately, the holiday took on a commercial tone, and in 1923, Anna filed a lawsuit to
stop a Mother's Day festival. Later, she was arrested for disturbing the peace at a
Mother's Day convention. She was furious to find the white carnations she had designated
as the official Mother's Day flower being sold. "I wanted it to be a day of
sentiment, not profit," she protested. She eventually admitted to being sorry she had
ever started the holiday, and she spent all of her inheritance trying to return the
holiday to its loving intentions. Anna Jarvis, the woman who gave us Mother's Day, never
married and never became a mother herself. |
My Mother
You've been the greatest blessing
in my life, it's clear to see.
Words could never really express
how dear your are to me.
I owe you more than money can buy
for all you've been and because
to repay you for your strength and love
could simply never be done.
Your faith, hope and love are
things that I treasure:
But I truly appreciate the love
that you gave without measure.
My hearts fill of pride for all
that you have been---
I'm glad that you're my Mother;
I'm glad that you're my Friend!
A Wonderful Mother
God made a wonderful
mother,
A mother who never grows old;
He made her smile of the sunshine,
And He molded her heart of pure gold;
In her eyes He placed bright shining stars,
In her cheeks, fair roses you see;
God made a wonderful mother,
And He gave that dear mother to me!
~~ Poem by Pat O'Reilly |
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Meet My Wonderful Mother!! :o) This is what she looked like when
the power was out!! Heeheehee.... |
Your Mother Is Always
With You
She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street,
She's the smell of bleach in your freshly laundered socks,
She's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well.
Your Mother lives inside your laughter
And she's crystallized in every tear drop.
She's the place you came from, your first home;
And she's the map you follow with every step you take.
She's your first love and your first heartbreak,
and nothing on earth can separate you...
Not time, not space... not even death!
M - O - T
- H - E - R
"M" is for the
million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell
"MOTHER"
A word that means the world to me. |
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My Mean Mom
When I was a child and also a teen
I thought my mother was very mean
To me she just didn't have a clue
What a child should be allowed to do.
She made the rules and I had to obey; She
felt all these things had to be done her
way, For she was the parent and obviously
felt an awesome responsibility.
"Eat wholesome meals, get a good night's sleep~"
These were two of her rules I had to keep. While some of the kids ran around having fun;
If I had any chores, they had to be done.
My whereabouts she wanted to know; There
were many places I couldn't go. In school
she expected I'd study and learn; Good
grades were something I had to earn.
How swiftly have the years all gone And my
viewpoint changed as I have grown, Now I
can understand and see My "mean" mother knew
what was best for me!
Mothers like mine make a difference!
Poem by Helen Bush |
 
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