History of Mother's Day

The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. In the 1880s and 1890s there were several attempts to establish a Mother's Day, but they didn't succeed beyond the local level. The holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia, in 1908 as a day to honor one's mother. Jarvis wanted to accomplish her mother's dream of making a celebration for all mothers, although the idea didn't take off until she enlisted the services of wealthy Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker. She kept promoting the holiday until President Woodrow Wilson made it an official national holiday in 1914. The holiday eventually became so highly commercialized that many, including its founder, Anna Jarvis, considered it a "Hallmark Holiday", i.e. one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. Jarvis eventually ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create. She died in 1948, regretting what had become of her holiday In the United States, Mother's Day remains one of the biggest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards, and the like; it is also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls.

Spring Flings!!

We've all had them, right? Whether in dreams or reality or both. The excitement of a new scent, taste,  sight, or a soft msaculine voice that stirs your senses beyond thought processing. His image won't leave your head. You take him to dinner with you and to work and home again. He's with you constantly and you're unable to think about anyone else.

The newness of a relationship, the excitement in a new touch, a voice, a whisper.The dreams of what could be, would be, or shouldn't be.

Tell me about YOUR Spring Fling(s)!