May 9, 2010
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Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! I hope that you are having a wonderful Mother’s Day.
We celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday. As I said in my pulse, this is birthday month in our family, so the month gets very complicated. Our granddaughter Madison is also in competitive dance, which makes the schedule even more complicated during May. Yesterday, she danced at RiverCenter in St. Paul. She did quite well, too. Her production number received a platinum award and her other 4 dances all received high gold.
We went in and watched Madison dance. When she was finished, our whole family went out to eat. Madison’s birthday was May 6, so when we got to the restaurant, we celebrated her birthday before we ate. Then, when we were finished with our meal, we celebrated Mother’s Day a day early. That gives our kids a chance to spend time with their spouses’ mothers today. In our family, we think that the important thing is to get together and celebrate the occasion, not the day that we actually have the celebration. All birthdays and holidays are movable feasts.
At church this morning, there was an interesting insert about Mother’s day in the bulletin. It seems that Mother’s Day was originally started in 1870 as a women’s protest movement following the Civil War. Mothers who had lost their sons in the war wanted to promote peace and an end to war. The movement was lead by Julia Ward Howe, a woman from Boston and the writer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
The insert also contained a piece of writing by Ruth Rosen, a Professor of History at UC Davis. Her point was that while it is a lovely thing to send flowers or buy gifts for our mothers on Mother’s Day, it would also be a wonderful thing to think of the women who need child care, training for employment, health care, better pay, and paid parental leave. She would like to see Mother’s Day restored as a day that celebrates women’s political engagement in society and strives to lessen our culture’s indifference toward human welfare and the health of our planet. Ms. Rosen would like to see Mother’s Day filled with women’s voices raised in demand of social and economic justice and a sustainable future.
I don’t think that is a bad idea! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the mother’s of the world could make it a better place?
Comments (4)
Happy Mothers’day , Nancy .
i see you manage to tie the links between the family memners . You are so right .
Family is or should be what is the most important .
Congrrats to Madison . We love seeing our grandchildren performing well .
the insert in the parish bulletin was a right . All of the mothers are not in good situation in our society .
Love
Michel
ps the latest post was a simple Hello to the mothers xanga friends whom I have no time to greet by a personal comment . it is temporary
Thank you for the greetings
It must be great to see your grandaughter dancing so well 
Happy Mothers Day to you,
Amen!
MADD has already made a huge difference in one sphere of our lives. Lots of room for improvement elsewhere.