Once Again, To Mama, With Love
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesEpic Change's online "To Mama With Love" campaign is a different way to celebrate Mother's Day and a tangible expression of love.
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To Mama, With Love
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
With all the noise leading up to Mother’s Day, it was interesting to learn (to me, at least) that it’s not really a Hallmark holiday. At least, that’s not how it started.
White carnations
A certain Anna Jarvis, who hailed from Webster, W. Va., created the holiday as we know it in memory of her mother, though there are several historical precedents to honoring one’s mother.
She was initially laughed at, ridiculed and generally mocked, but she persevered and the day became a reality in 1914.
Old Anna was not […]