Mother's Day - A little history
The following article, written by a grieving member of The Compassionate Friends, sheds light on how Mother's Day came about and who it was designed to honor. This article does not mention, however, that the mother of Anna Jarvis (mentioned below) was actually trying to start a Mother's Day with the help of a friend in the 1870's - in the wake of the Civil War with thousands of freshly grieving mothers needing comfort. This is still quite timely as the United States has the worst infant mortality rate among industrialzied countries. At the same time, our sons and daughters have been fighting at least two wars on foreign soil for the past eight and a half years. "Mother's Day Revisited" Many of us in TCF do not look forward to Mother's Day. On this holiday, when the whole nation is celebrating the joys of parenthood, grieving parents often feel a special anguish. Mother's Day this year looms as particularly difficult milestone for me. Sunday, May 10, 19...