Hats Off To All The GREAT Mom's...Past And Present (Let's Face It, We Wouldn't Be Here Without Ya)

I find this a very meaningful day...Mother' Day!


We've all had one in order to gain admittance to the planet.


Your dogs and cats had 'em, too.





Mother's are pretty important in the strata of life.


I am blessed because my Mom is still amongt us.  She lives in Atlanta and is thriving at the perky age of 89.





Her past was varied.  Her best decision was marrying my Dad.  Their love lasted in a 51 year marriage.  A good blending of two fine folks.


They meet when both were in show business and they traveled the globe together in the decades that would follow their 1947 marriage.


Mom and Dad were on Broadway back in the late 40's.  Then they had this bouncing young pup and then Dad had to scramble for a real job.

He landed in the airline business and hung in there with that gig for the remainder of his career.  Because of his employment with two international air carriers, he was able to haul us around the globe.  





We never had a dull day.


Mom made certain that both of us were busy.  I was about to have some brothers and sisters but Mom's plumbing didn't let those blessed events occur.  They just had me, the only child.


She has been a great Mom, always filling me with awe and wonderment about everything on earth...Culture.  Travel.  The social graces.  On and on.





I have been gifted with two good folks.  Each day I give thanks to both of them for bringing me into the world and helping me to cope with it day in and day out.


If you have been half as lucky with your parents, congrats!   


The following explanation of the roots of modern Mother's Day celebrations is from a web site called:  Mother's Day Central


Spiritual Origin of Mothers Day
Only recently dubbed “Mother's Day,” the highly traditional practice of honoring of Motherhood is rooted in antiquity, and past rites typically had strong symbolic and spiritual overtones; societies tended to celebrate Goddesses and symbols rather than actual Mothers. The personal, human touch to Mother’s Day is a relatively new phenomenon. The maternal objects of adoration ranged from mythological female deities to the Christian Church itself. Only in the past few centuries did celebrations of Motherhood develop a decidedly human focus. 

Modern Celebration

When the United States congress approved Mother’s Day in 1914, they designated it for the second Sunday in May, and required that the President proclaim the Holiday every year shortly prior to its commencement. A recent example of a presidential Mother’s Day proclamation can be seen here. While the president proclaims the event, some mothers who lost a child use it to protest against war.
Typically a family in the United States will devote Mother’s Day to activities in honor of Mom, whether playing games, going out to dinner, taking the weekend off or going on a walk in the park. Flowers are popular, dating back to the original celebration where Anna Jarvis handed out carnations to the church-goers. It is also common to give Mother cards and chocolate candies on her special day.
In the United States Mother's Day continues to be highly commercialized.

• The National Retail Foundation predicts Mother's Day is a $14 Billion industry, offering demographic spend breakdowns.
• Google Trends shows a sharp spike in search traffic for Mother's Day on Mother's Day in the US and UK and the month leading up to it.
• Florists see their highest sales in May.
• US restaurants claim that it is the busiest day of the year.
• Long distance telephone calls also peak on this day.
• The US Postal Service experiences increased volume during the surrounding days.
• According to Hallmark, 96% of American consumers take part in shopping on Mother's Day, while retailers report it as the second highest gift giving day of the year behind Christmas.

While some continue in Jarvis’ tradition of decrying the exploitation of the holiday, other’s appreciate the heavily marketed availability of gifts, vacation packages, brunch specials and other reminders of the day. While contemporary cultural awareness of the holiday is largely based in commercialism, it is the market force that adds to the overall importance of Mother’s Day. Where people once may not have heeded the holiday, they are made abundantly aware of the chance to pay special tribute to Mom. 







So hats off to all the wonderful Mothers...those still with us and those who have departed our mortal orb...

Kudos to all the Mom's who helped shape and mold all the kids in the universe.  It is your day.  Enjoy it!



Happy Mothers Day Ladies!