Mother's Day Different Ways
A day just for mothers! The person who thought up this day did so the year her mother died. (1905) She campaigned for three years for this recognition of Mother’s Day and in 1908 it came into being in the United States. It’s usually celebrated the second Sunday in May. Here are the Wiki facts: “The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. … Her campaign to make “Mother’s Day” a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Having this holiday helps families to bond and so I think it’s a great idea despite all the commercialism that surrounds the day. ...