Full pom-pom shaped flowers of voluptuousness, the Hydrangea is unique amongst those of the floral fauna. The way they carry their color has a transformative quality, so if you are in search for a flower that has a lot of dynamic character, this one should be at the top of the list. Light reflects shades of…
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 Day to signify a living mother, and white roses to honor a mother who is…
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 the Republic”, conceived of an International Mother’s Day in which women would come together and…
Mom has been our number one fan, cheering us on through life’s major highs and comforting us through life’s lows as well. We honor Mom on Mother’s Day because it is one day – with deep historical roots, mind you, that is truly hers. Aside from her birthday, it’s the day we take pride in…
Mother’s Day is the one day of the year when you can show and tell Mom just how much she means to you. It’s the perfect day to tell her how much you appreciate all she has done for you from the day you were born. But who says that Mother’s Day has to be…
Many folks know that Mother’s Day was made official when President Woodrow Wilson signed a Joint Resolution on May 8, 1914 which designated that the second Sunday of every May would be known as Mother’s Day. To most Americans, this is the official beginning of Mother’s Day, but the actual roots of Mother’s Day began…
