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So a little history lesson on how Mothers Day came to being. First of all we are not the only country to celebrate Mothers Day. Coincidentally Mexico and the U.S. will share May 10th as Mothers Day this year.
So how did this day come into being. A woman by the name of Anna Jarvis in the 1900 is generally accepted as being the first to get the Mothers Day event rolling. She began a campaign to honor all mothers and the event was held in her local church.
President Woodrow Wilson later signed a proclamation declaring the second Sunday in May to be Mothers Day.
With this proclamation Mothers Day became instantaneously commercialized by florist, card companies and retailers. The originator of Mothers Day was so opposed to the commercialization of the day that she fought tirelessly to remove it from the calendar because it had lost its personal meaning and as we now know to no avail.
My mother passed in 1990. I miss her as if it was yesterday.
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