The driving force behind Mother's Day was one woman named Anna Jarvis who organized observances in West Virginia and Philadelphia exactly 101 years ago today, May 10, 1909. Congress set the day aside six years later and finally succeeded in 1914 and designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. According to the US Census Bureau there were 82.8 million mothers in the US in 2004. Also, in 2006, more women became mothers in AUGUST, with 387,798 births. the most common day of the week on which babies were delivered in 2006 was WEDNESDAY. That was the first time since at least 1990 a day other than TUESDAY had this distinction. Thank you Anna and Zane for the beautiful flowers that arrived this morning shortly before we left for meeting...what a HUGE surprise...Sunday morning the doorbell is ringing....who could it be??? Lady Di's, of course, bringing flowers for the mom of this house! Daniel & Malia had just given me a $20. gift card to Starbucks shortly before that and I'd received phone calls from Anna and Derek and they apologizing that their cards were in the mail. I really appreciated the thoughtfulness of all my kids...the older they grow, the more thoughtful they become...they're maturing into the adults that a person hopes and prays for all their days of growing up! Love you kids...you're the best!!!5.10.2009
Happy Mother's Day
The driving force behind Mother's Day was one woman named Anna Jarvis who organized observances in West Virginia and Philadelphia exactly 101 years ago today, May 10, 1909. Congress set the day aside six years later and finally succeeded in 1914 and designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. According to the US Census Bureau there were 82.8 million mothers in the US in 2004. Also, in 2006, more women became mothers in AUGUST, with 387,798 births. the most common day of the week on which babies were delivered in 2006 was WEDNESDAY. That was the first time since at least 1990 a day other than TUESDAY had this distinction. Thank you Anna and Zane for the beautiful flowers that arrived this morning shortly before we left for meeting...what a HUGE surprise...Sunday morning the doorbell is ringing....who could it be??? Lady Di's, of course, bringing flowers for the mom of this house! Daniel & Malia had just given me a $20. gift card to Starbucks shortly before that and I'd received phone calls from Anna and Derek and they apologizing that their cards were in the mail. I really appreciated the thoughtfulness of all my kids...the older they grow, the more thoughtful they become...they're maturing into the adults that a person hopes and prays for all their days of growing up! Love you kids...you're the best!!!
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lol- wow- look at you with all these random fun facts about mother's day! um has my husband been rubbing off on you by any chance? this sounds so like him=) anyway i'm soooo happy we could pull off the surprise- it worked out GREAT since i knew it could get there on time & i've been lucky enough to receive a few bouquets from lady di's a few years ago- so i knew they were dependable anyway wanted you to feel the simple pleasure of getting a surprise delivery- you deserve so much! us kids are so very lucky- wish i could join you for coffee-- sounds like you'll be drinking for free at starbucks for awhile - haha i love it=) hope you enjoyed arbys & red robin too- glad you didn't have to cook after all! did you try our beloved bronco berry sauce? hee hee. did you like your tea- apparently i need to call you - i have lots of questions, lol. ok have a good day! it's overcast & rained all day yesterday/night + thunder & lightning - summer/hurricane season is fast approaching=) hope our 3rd summer here ( is that even possible?! wow!) isn't the unlucky one that we get hit with something, lol. oh i'm not worried. thank goodness for advanced technology & warning systems. well talk soon - much love.
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