A 16th Century Holiday
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Mothering Sunday is a Christian holiday celebrated throughout Europe that falls on the 4th Sunday in Lent.
The modern Mother’s Day
is a story of American 19th century history, war, songwriting,
intrigue, and ultimately a 20th century entrepreneurial woman named
Anna.
Mother’s Day Sterling rose
We begin with the woman who wrote the “Battle Hymn Of The Republic” lyrics to the melody of “John Browns Body”, Julia Ward Howe . You might find it interesting that the Julia Ward Howe lyrics indicated the “end times” would be coming during the civil war.
She started Mothers for Peace Day in 1870.
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Anna Jarvis succeeded
in getting Mother’s Day proclaimed as a holiday in 1914. She publicly
stated her disappointment in the commercialization of the holiday soon
after. The fact that two years earlier in 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked
the phrases "Second Sunday in May", "Mother's Day", and created the
Mother's Day International Association, makes her protestations about
commercialism seem a bit disingenuous.
“Little Angel”
Males get to go about
the happy business of “sowing seeds, visiting flowers, pollinating
along their merry way”, but it is Mothers who have the power to use that
seed for creating life.
Evidently that distinction gets lost among
societies where women are treated like property and second class
citizens. Even here in America, there are members of a right wing
political party who keep introducing legislation to take away women’s rights.
Fluttering from flower to flower
The Scent Of A Mother
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Find out how,
why, and what makes neonates happy, as you follow the trail of
discovery with Malcolm Campbell in his enlightening, and heartwarming
post, Mom And Apple Pie
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Mothers Give Us Life
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