The Real Meaning Of Mother's Day

[Terri]

By Linda Chavez
May 9, 2008

Remember when Mother's Day was a simple affair? The kids woke Mom up with breakfast in bed -- Froot Loops floating on a sea of slightly pink milk -- and handmade cards. Everyone was especially nice to one another so Mom could enjoy some "peace and quiet," commodities in short supply in most mothers' lives. Maybe Dad cooked dinner or everyone went out to a restaurant, the kind with endless supplies of soft, warm rolls that filled everybody up before the overcooked roast beef soaked in brown gravy arrived. All mothers were "Queen for a Day" in those less-harried times.

Maybe it's just me, but Mother's Day seems to have become a much more complicated affair these days.

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[thomas]

What a sweet, moving article. It brought thoughts of my own mom and tears to wipe.
The Old Chief

[Ben_Colder]

George said it best.

"All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education that I received from her."

~ Founding Father, George Washington ~

[KatyJ]

I love my mother with a purple passion.

[MamaCat]

I heard that Anna Jarvis, the woman who came up with the idea of a special holiday to honor our mothers (Mother's Day), boycotted the celebration many years later because it had deteriorated to a commercial event. Here's a link to the origins of Mother's Day.