Mother's Day is always
the second Sunday in
May.
Mother's Day is set
aside to acknowledge,
show appreciation for
and honor your "mom"
(and other moms in your
life).
Anna M. Jarvis, born in
1864 in Webster, West
Virginia (U.S.), is
credited as the force
behind the official
Mother's Day observance.
When Jarvis was 41, her
mother died. On the
second anniversary of
her mother's death (the
second Sunday in May
1908), Jarvis made
public her plans to
establish a day to honor
mothers. The observance
became official in 1914.
Although today it is
customary to give cards,
flowers, and other gifts
on Mother's Day, Anna
Jarvis was a strong
opponent to the
commercialization of the
holiday. In particular,
she was known to berate
people who purchased
greeting cards, saying
they were too lazy to
write personal letters
"to the woman who has
done more for you than
anyone in the world."
She was arrested for
disturbing the peace
while protesting at a
Mother's Day celebration
in New York, and
eventually wished she
never would have started
the day because it
became so
commercialized.
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You Know You're A Mother
When...
By Liane Kupferberg Carter
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You count the sprinkles on each kid's
cupcake to make sure they're equal.
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You hide in the bathroom to be alone.
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Your kid throws up and you catch it.
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Someone else's kid throws up at a
party. You keep eating.
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You consider finger paints to be a
controlled substance.
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You find yourself cutting your
husband's sandwiches into cute shapes.
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You hear your mother's voice coming
out of your mouth when you say, "NOT in your good
clothes!"
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You stop criticizing the way your
mother raised you.
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You hire a sitter because you haven't
been out with your husband in ages, then spend half
the night checking on the kids.
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You say at least once a day, "I'm not
cut out for this job", but you know you wouldn't
trade it for anything.
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