2021 Sunday — Mom’s Day USA

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Granddaughter Ashly sent me a beautiful bouquet of Stargazer Lilies and Iris buds for Mother’s Day. They arrived Friday afternoon. Both varieties have now opened and they are not only lovely to look at, but the Stargazer’s fragrance is thick and rich and delicious to breathe. We talked on the phone so I could thank her and we both laughed about how she has to make a serious effort to know where I will be on this “holiday” so she can have flowers delivered.

We’ve enjoyed a quiet, calm, lack of fanfare Mother’s Day “holiday.” This is a Hallmark Cards, FTD (Florists’ Transworld Delivery), See’s Candy, and restaurant holiday. Years ago the concept began as a thoughtful idea; greeting cards, cut flowers, and candy are lovely. The massive amount of commercialism and lack of genuine sentiment somehow cause the day to lack what it was designed to be.

I wonder which day, Valentine’s or Mother’s Day, generate more revenue. I see nothing wrong with revenue; I have, however, come to appreciate and admire quiet celebrations of genuine sentiment. So we stayed home today.
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Mother’s Day officially began as a tribute to one woman, Anna Reeves Jarvis. The white carnation became the official flower of the holiday shortly after Jarvis’ mother died. On May 10, 1908, three years after losing her mother, Jarvis sent 500 white carnations to Andrew’s Methodist Episopal Church in her mother’s honor for that first Mother’s Day celebration.

Jarvis compared the flower’s shape and life cycle to a mother’s love. The carnation does not drop its petals, but hugs them to its heart as it dies, and so too, mothers hug their children to their hearts, their mother love never dying.
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Happy Mother’s Day everyone.

From California’s Central Coast,
Rosie (& Mr. Fun), aka Carol
and Chloe & Mitzi too!