Mother's Day . . . Food for Thought

After several false starts, a lady named Anna Jarvis began the modern Mother's Day movement in America in the early 1900's. Through her efforts Congress established Mother's Day in 1914.

It's been said that Ms. Jarvis was so dedicated to each Mom being celebrated that she insisted the apostrophe be placed after the ‘r’ and not after the ‘s.’ It was to be a singular possessive, a day for each family to honor their mother, and not a plural possessive just broadly celebrating Moms.

Anna Jarvis was so passionate about this that she actually spent much of her later life fighting the commercialization of Mother’s Day. One thing that infuriated her was the growing practice of purchasing greeting cards. She saw it as a sign of being too lazy to write a personal letter. She was even arrested in 1948 for disturbing the peace while protesting against the commercialization of Mother's Day.

Hmmm . . . So how are you going to honor your Mom? (Sorry, Mom I already sent a card . . . but I really do love you!)