Happy Mother's Day

I thought this was interesting:

Suffragist and writer Julia Ward Howe first suggested the idea of Mother's Day in the United States in 1872. Howe was a pacifist and saw the holiday as a chance to unite women and rally for peace. For several years, she held an annual Mother's Day meeting in Boston.

West Virginia activist Anna Jarvis is credited with creating the holiday that is celebrated today.

In 1908, Jarvis campaigned for a national observance of the holiday in honor of her mother, who was a community health advocate. Her mom had organized several Mother's Day Work Clubs that addressed child rearing and public health issues, and Jarvis wanted to commemorate her and the work of all mothers.

However, Jarvis later became disillusioned by how floral and greeting card companies commercialized the holiday and said she regretted starting it.

It became an official US holiday in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed  the second Sunday in May as a day of "public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country."

We eat out far too much, but NEVER on Mother's Day. For many years we'd make a reservation at a special restaurant, to get there and find out we had a long wait.  When we would get seated, the regular menu was not available.  They would have a "special" Mother's Day menu that included an appetizer and dessert.  Of course it was pricey and I don't even enjoy or need dessert!

We've been invited for brunch at Cheryl's. I've taken out a roast for tomorrow's dinner.  We will enjoy a nice dinner at home.

For all those people who think Meghan Markle is celebrating her first Mothers Day, she missed it.  In the UK, they call it Mothering Sunday and it was celebrated on March 31st.

If you are a mother, enjoy your day.  If your not, give your mother a nice day or if she's gone think of the wonderful times you had together. 

I loved this: