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Mother’s Day: A Day Unlike Every Other Holiday
This Sunday save your money. Recognize that Mother’s day is every day not only the second Sunday in May.
Today, Americans will celebrate Mother’s Day. Sadly, just another “American Holiday” that like many other “American Holidays” has been commercialized beyond recognition.
Most of us, if we haven’t done so already will run out to our nearest shopping center or get on our computers to make some last-minute purchases. Oops, did I step on your toes? Crunch, crunch! Shame on me! Uh not really! Whether we buy flowers, candy, cards, clothing, electronics and/or take mom to dinner, the vast majority of us have in the words of Denzel Washington’s 1992 portrayal of Malcolm X “been had, been hoodwinked, ba
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Jenay Manley has gone public with her household struggles because she doesn t want her kids to face the same battles someday.
Nothing against brunch, but what would Mother s Day look like if it paid tribute to the work of mothers in all its complexity, particularly over the past year?
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Mother s Day is not a Hallmark Holiday.
The holiday being celebrated with flowers and cards traces its roots back to a proclamation written by Julia Ward Howe in 1870, urging mothers all over the world to go on strike. Their first order of business: end all war.
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This article is funny. These very people are the ones who sat back and watched ANTIFA and BLM burn down cities and kill innocent people including cops. They also watched the biggest act of tyranny this country has ever seen take place and is still taking place over the audits. They sit back and watch our speech be taken from us and jobs close down all in the name of foreign dependency and globalism. So what they are preaching is the very thing they support, and that is division. These aren t moms, these are whining idiots who don t have a clue. Do they think the country is going to come together? NO that s not going to happen, it s going to get worse and these people have caused it. We will NEVER forget!!!!!
By City News Service
May 9, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The coronavirus pandemic has again prompted cancellation of Mother s Day events in Los Angeles County or their switch to a virtual basis.
Vallarta Supermarkets will recognize Mother s Day by streaming a virtual serenade by the Grammy-winning group Mariachi Divas on their Facebook and Instagram pages, www.facebook.com/vallarta.supermarkets and www.instagram.com/vallarta.supermarkets/.
A Mother s Day Remembrance Day Service will be presented beginning at 9 a.m. on Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary s website, www.hillsidememorial.org/mothers-day
A compilation of the best mariachi performances at The Ford, ``Dia de las Madres, will be streamed at Facebook and YouTube beginning at 3:30 p.m. RSVPs can be made at www.facebook.com/events/462901411490684.
While there may be many versions of when and how the holiday originated, it is next to impossible to talk about the history of the day without the mention of Ann Reeves Jarvis.
This day was originally started by a trio of women: Ann Reeves Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe, and Ann’s daughter, Anna M. Jarvis.
Surprisingly enough, there is much more than treating your mothers to gifts, lunches, dinners and many other surprises. The day was originally started as a movement to better the lives of Americans.
Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, whose mother had organized women’s groups to promote friendship and health, originated Mother’s Day.