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History of Mother's Day
Credit for the Mother's Day holiday in the United States is attributed
to Ms. Anna Jarvis, who dedicated most of her life to promoting the
holiday. Her inspiration was her own mother's untiring dedication to raise
eleven children. On the second anniversary of her mother's death, the
second Sunday in May, Ms. Jarvis convinced her mother's parish in West
Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day. She decorated the church with her
mother's favorite flowers, white carnations to symbolize the sweetness,
purity and endurance of a mother's love. They are still used today; red
carnations represent living mothers, and white ones stand for those who
have passed away. Following this first success, Ms. Jarvis and her
supporters continued their efforts by writing to politicians, businessmen,
and ministers. In 1910, West Virginia became the first state to officially
recognize Mother's Day, and a year later, almost every state observed it
as well. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially declared the
Mother's Day holiday as the second Sunday in May.
History of Father's Day
Jerry Wilson published a short story about the history of father's Day.
The story is summarized here. Sonora Dodd, of Washington state, was one of
the first people who had the idea of a "Father's Day." She
thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day
sermon in 1909. Sonora's father, William Smart, a widower after his wife
died giving birth to their sixth child, selflessly raised the newborn and
his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington.
Sonora as an adult realized her father was a courageous, selfless and
loving man. She chose to hold her father's birthday, June 19th to
celebrate the first Father's Day in Spokane, Washington in 1910. President
Calvin Coolidge, in 1924, supported the idea of a national Father's Day,
then in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation
declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as the Father's Day.
Mother's Day is one of the biggest sales day in the year. Businesses
make special offers to their customers. Father's Day is another sales day
you will find many fine products put on sale at special prices. Commerce
obeys fundamental statistical laws. A product could be sold at lower price
if sold at a large volume at the same time. The price of a product is
determined by many factors, manufacturing cost, supply and demand,
inventory and competition. Use your Magic OSMart Shopping Card to track the
commerce activities and become a smart shopper. Don't forget to take
advantages of the Mother's Day and Father's Day specials.
Call Your Mother and Father, Better Yet, Install the CodecPhone for Your
Mom and Pa; Then They Can ClickCall and Talk on the Internet, PC to PC or
PC to Phone with You and their friends!!! You will be surprised how many
people over 65 actually owns a PC with sound card.
My Mom
The important thing about my mom is that she
loves me no matter what
She blocks me like a force field
She helps me if I'm struggling
She is always around me like the air
She takes care of me when I am sick
She serves me food for every meal
And she is always proud of me
But the most important thing about my mom is
that she loves me no matter what!
by Jerray (Primrose Elementary School, 2nd
Grade, 2006)
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Happy Mother's Day Quotes
All I Am and Can Be I Owe to My Angel Mother - Abraham
Lincoln
"Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first
of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me.
I love her dearly...yes, she is also a good friend, someone I can talk
openly with if I want to." - Sophia Loren
"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be
a mother." - Lin Yutang, A well known Chinese author
linguist
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made
mothers." - Jewish Proverb
"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw.
All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the
moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."
-George Washington
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried
jobs... since the payment is pure love. ~Mildred B. Vermont
Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness.
It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children.
And no one is likely to do anything about that. ~Golda Meir
A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is
never done. ~Author Unknown
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every
mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
"To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you
have to be in their lives today." - Barbara Johnson
"A mother should never be jealous that her children gave their father an
expensive Father's Day present; it simply proved she is a successful
mother. A father should never be jealous if his children gave their
mother an exquisite gift on Mother's Day; it simply presented him a
chance to show how proud he is of his children." - Magic OSMart Proverb
Happy Father's Day Quotes
"That is the thankless position of the father in
the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all." -- J.
August Strindberg
"Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the
richest inheritance" - Ruth E. Renkel
"It is a wise father that knows his own
child." -- William Shakespeare
"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters
who I remember he was." -- Anne Sexton"
"To be a successful father . . . there's one absolute rule: when you
have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years." -- Ernest
Hemingway
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong
as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud
"Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle
voices call him father!" -- Lydia M. Child
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant
I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be
twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven
years. - Mark Twain
"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father
was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." - Charles
Wadsworth
"A father is love, strength, provider, discipliner
and leader of a family to realize a family's wishes." - Unknown
"Fathers are not perfect, it is a real challenge to make their
children grow to be like them without their imperfections and it is a real
virtue to love their children with whatever imperfections they have." - Father of Six
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