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Each year, on the second Sunday in May, American children young and old, try to show, in a tangible way, how much they value their mothers. Mother’s Day became an official holiday in 1915 due largely to the perseverance and … Continue reading →

Mother’s Day in America didn’t begin as a commercial holiday, but rather a call for peace and women’s activism. In 1870, horrified by the human devastation of the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe, the author of “The Battle Hymn of … Continue reading →

Mother’s Day is coming, and flowers are a popular gift, so this seems like the appropriate time to talk about the traditional language of roses. For Mother’s Day, in the South, it is traditional to wear red roses on Mother’s … Continue reading →

We all know that mothers have always been valued and revered. During the time of the ancient Egyptians, red roses were associated with the goddess Isis; Mother of the Pharaohs. From the beginning of Egypt’s history to the end of … Continue reading →

What do mothers really want for Mother’s Day? Many will say they simply want a day off! That means a day off from cooking meals, doing the laundry, housework of ANY kind. For Dads and kids, this means a little … Continue reading →