A Very Happy Mother's Day To All Of Our Metro Moms Out There
MOTHER'S DAY HISTORY
The history of Mother's Day is centuries old and goes back to the times of ancient Greeks, who held festivities to honor Rhea, the mother of the gods. The early Christians celebrated the Mother's festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday. The English colonists settled in America discontinued the tradition of Mothering Sunday because of lack of time. In 1872 Julia Ward Howe organized a day for mothers dedicated to peace. It is a landmark in the history of Mother's Day.
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In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948), a Philadelphia schoolteacher, began a movement to set up a national Mother's Day in honor of her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She solicited the help of hundreds of legislators and prominent businessmen to create a special day to honor mothers. The first Mother's Day observance was a church service honoring Anna's mother. Anna handed out her mother's favorite flowers, the white incarnations, on the occasion as they represent sweetness, purity, and patience. Anna's hard work finally paid off in the year 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the 2nd Sunday in May as a national holiday to honor mothers.
Slowly and gradually the Mother's day became very popular and gift giving activity increased. All this commercialization of the Mother's day infuriated Anna as she believed that the day's sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit.
Regardless of Jarvis's worries, Mother's Day has flourished in the United States. Actually, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year. Although Anna may not be with us but the Mother's day lives on and has spread to various countries of the world. Many countries throughout the world celebrate Mother's Day at various times during the year, but some such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium also celebrate Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday of May.
THINGS MOM TAUGHT ME
ANTICIPATION - "Just wait until we get home." RECEIVING - "You are going to get it when you get home!" LOGIC - "Because I said so, that's why." IRONY - "Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about." OSMOSIS - "Shut your mouth and eat your supper." STAMINA - "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone." WEATHER - "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it." HYPOCRISY - "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate" CIRCLE OF LIFE - "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out." BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION - "Stop acting like your father!" GENETICS - "You're just like your father." WISDOM - "When you get to be my age, you'll understand." JUSTICE - "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you"
ENVY - "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do." FORESIGHT - "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." MEDICAL SCIENCE - "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way." HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT - "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up." TO VALUE A JOB WELL DONE - "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning." TIME TRAVEL - "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
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A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: "My full name has six letters. The first one is M. I pick up things. What am I?" When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was astonished to find that almost 50 percent of the students answered the question with the word Mother
METRO MOTHER'S DAY ADS
St. Michael’s Church
Jean, thank you for helping us out in the office 24/7. We couldn’t do it without you. When you get done with your Mother’s Day brunch, come in and help us with our mailings.
P.S. Bring bear claws, this time. Thank you.
Sincerely, The staff
BAD BOYS HOME Serving Detroitsince 1954
Jean, thanks for your patronage over the years. Your weekly pickups bolstered our business and made your boys better-behaved men.
-- B.B.Holmes owner, Bad Boys Homes Ltd.
Soap Operas:
“Young and the Restless” “Bold and the Beautiful” “As the World Turns”
Jean,
Thanks for watching us through thick and thin plots. We hope you have a tremendous Mother’s Day with joyous (not ominous) organ music.
-- Daytime producers
Happy Mother’s Day
JEAN McCARTY
From Metro sponsors
SussexNeighborhood Watch
Jean, we know you live in the suburbs, now, but you are welcome to come back to your old neighborhood and help us take a bite out of crime anytime. Happy Mother’s Day.
ANTICIPATION - "Just wait until we get home." 
