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On Mother’s Day Sunday, families will gather across the nation to pay homage to those who have served, literally or ...
Tomorrow is the 111th anniversary of Mother’s Day. And while we celebrate it with gifting moms flowers, chocolates, jewelry and brunches to the tune of $34 billion, most folks don’t know the roots ...
Mother's Day is a special day celebrated around the world to show love and respect to mothers and mother-like figures in our ...
Every second Sunday of May, families around the world come together to honor one of the most important figures in their lives ...
Mother’s Day, now more of a Hallmarkian holiday, was established by Anna M. Jarvis to memorialize and honor her mother, Ann ...
A mother’s love knows no bounds, it’s endlessly caring, nurturing, and unbreakable. Every year, on the second Sunday of May, ...
Say It With Flowers!” No wonder it’s one of the most successful advertising slogans ever. It works for nearly any occasion ...
Good intentions don’t guarantee desirable outcomes. For example, in 1910, three years following her mother’s death, Anna Jarvis began the observance of Mother’s Day in Grafton, WV. Jarvis planned a ...
With Mother’s Day taking place this Sunday, Executive Director of the Anna Jarvis House in Grafton spoke with us about the ...
In debates about declining birth rates, we ignore the joy of parenting.
Jarvis set out to establish Mother’s Day after the death of her own mother, whose dream it was to see such a holiday become a reality — so Jarvis honored hers by doing just that. And in 1914, ...
The first official Mother’s Day celebration was held in 1908 in Grafton, WV, and it initially started as a friendship day.