Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day 2008

May 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM

in Meanderings

Things that make you go, “Hmm…” Today is Mother’s Day in the US, but it’s strangely difficult to believe that it has been a year since the last one. Last year, I mused about the origins of the US version of the holiday, and I also discussed what I was wandering about doing. This year, [...]

Mother’s Day

May 11, 2008 at 7:34 AM · 3 comments

in Meanderings

Yes, it may be difficult to believe, but even I am guilty of having a mother! When I woke this morning, the news article on the radio was, shockingly, about the origin of Mother’s Day in the U.S.: a solemn gathering day enacted by Anna Jarvis of West Virginia in remembrance of her own mother, [...]