Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, organized a day to raise awareness to poor health conditions in her community and thought it would be best advocated by mothers. She called this day Mother's Work Day. After her death in 1905, her daughter, also named Anna, began to campaign the life works of her mother and remembered a Sunday school lesson taught by her mother in which she said "I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a mother's memorial day. For there are many days for men, but none for mother's." In 1914, Anna's hard work paid off when President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday. The early years of Mother's Day were celebrated by going to church, children writing letters to their mothers and eventually by sending cards, presents and flowers.
Well, I know my mom deserves a day for us to honor her and I'm glad we do. We don't always get to take her places and buy her nice things... so we (my children, my husband and I) take the time to honor her and my mother-in-law on this day. And they in turn take the time to honor me... which is an awesome feeling to share with both of them...
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