While mothers day has its origins dating back to Greece.
We can credit Julia Ward Howe with starting a Mother's Day here in America.
Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870, as a call for peace and disarmament. An excerpt follows:
? From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace...
When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men & women stand as a vanguard against abuse.
I was off having fun and visiting my Mum. H called while I was with my mom, even. And she sent me that album cover too! \m/ I was given cards, candy, and a fuschia plant, plus I got to go hiking with friends.
I hope all moms (US or not) had as good a day as I did.
Another bit of history the only day of the year the mob doesn't work on...
Mother's Day!
When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men & women stand as a vanguard against abuse.
Even thought RJD sings on dat album?!?!