Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mother's Day and all that it means and some more...

Before I start anything else tonight I would like to thank the follower that calls themselves a ‘nyyankee’, I was thrilled to see that someone finally admitted that they are reading my drivel, I mean thoughtful brilliant prose.(Yawn)

Now on to the topic at hand, Mother’s Day and it’s origins it seems that we would have to go back to ancient times in Greece when it began as a day honoring the goddess, Rhea. Similarly for the Romans they celebrated the goddess Cybele. And in the British Isles and Celtic Europe, the goddess Brigid, and later her successor St. Brigid, were honored with a spring Mother's Day, connected with the first milk of the ewes. “The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis, as a day to honor mothers and motherhood; especially within the context of families, and family relationships.” Wikipedia thanks to them for that. But it was our President Woodrow Wilson who declared that Mother’s Day would be a holiday in the United States on May 9. 1914 which would be a day to honor all mothers.

Now who was Anna Jarvis: “Anna Jarvis was born in the tiny town of Webster in Taylor County, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. The family moved to nearby Grafton, West Virginia in her childhood.
On May 12, 1907, two years after her mother's death, she held a memorial to her mother and thereafter embarked upon a campaign to make "Mother's Day" a recognized holiday. She succeeded in making this nationally recognized in 1914. The International Mother's Day Shrine was established in Grafton to commemorate her accomplishment.” All above information compliments of Wikipedia.
I hope that was helpful; it definitely was for me, and I bet you all thought it was just another Hallmark cards idea to sell more cards, well I guess we were all wrong!
Today I was back in the pool in the morning, unfortunately my hopes and dreams for its magical powers were dashed when the curative powers seemed to reach its limitations today, and I felt no better. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement.
But some good did happen today… my husband was able to reach his mom and we spoke ala speaker phone to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, our eldest son called on his way to work via cell to wish me a Happy Mom’s Day, and I received an email from his lovely X-girlfriend that we both still consider a friend, and that was nice too. My hubby barbecued a luscious dinner on the grill and had even made a wonderful breakfast this morning, so who can really complain. Even our neighbor across the street called to wish me the same.
So as days go…who can really complain, and so I will button up!
And on that somewhat pleasant note wish all you Mom’s a happy rest of your day, and a good night to all and to all count those blessings and I will too!

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