Day 130: Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mom's out there. I hope that you had a loving, peaceful day. Yesterday I saw a post on Facebook that was really an eye opener for me, and I really didn't know the history behind Mothers Day. Mothers Day was founded by Anna Jarvis in 1908, whom held a memorial for her mother. Her mission was to honor her own mother by continuing work she had started, and to set aside a day to honor mothers. Anna's Mother, Ann Jarvis was a peace activist who cared for wounded solders on both sides of the Civil War and addressed public health issues.  Mothers Day took off and Anna then became resentful of the commercialization and was angry that companies would profit from the holiday. The holiday she worked so hard for that was suppose to be about sentiment and not profit. Jarvis' intention for the holiday was for people to appreciate and honor mothers by writing a personal letter, by hand, expressing love & gratitude instead of buying gifts or pre-made cards. So that is a little history of Mothers Day, now to the real eye opener. The post I read had mentioned some history about how Mothers Day was founded. The woman who had posted this also mentioned that she stood in the store, in the card section and there is an abundance of Mothers Day cards. Cards for Mom, Grandma, Great-Grandma, Wife, Sister, Mother in Law, Aunt, you think they have everyone covered right?! But they don't. They don't have cards for bereaved mothers on mothers day, not a single one. Think about that....Have you ever seen a card for a bereaving mom in the Mothers day section? I have never. This woman had twins and they were born just to early and they passed, and this would be her first Mothers Day. My heart shattered for this MOM! How could they forget the most amazing Moms out of all of us?! I cannot even begin to imagine what they endure everyday, it requires incredible strength to be a bereaved mom I would assume, and the pain of heart ache that you feel all the time. A part of you is gone forever. How could these Moms get forgotten?! Is it just to sad? Nobody likes talking about it as if the child's name would bring heart ache. But maybe, sometimes hearing their name can be sweet music to their ears as well. I don't know, I can't say. But my heart goes out to all the bereaving Mamma's out there.

I want to say Happy Mothers Day to all of the wonderful Mom's that I love. It's always nice to talk to another Mama. :) Love your babies, love yo' mama's. :D

Happy Mothers Day!!