Today fully dedication to mom
Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society.
It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world. Mother’s Day began in the United States by Anna Jarvis in 1908 when she held a memorial for her mother at
St. Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia.
Her campaign to make Mother’s Day a recognized holiday in the United
States began in 1905. Ann Jarvis had been a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American
Civil War and created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. She wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honor all mothers because she believed a mother is the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world.
In 1908, the U.S. Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother’s Day an official holiday. Owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, by 1911, all the states observed the holiday, with some of them officially recognizing Mother’s Day as a local holiday, the first being West Virginia in 1910, the home state of Anna Jarvis.
In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as a national holiday to honor mothers. In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrase, “Second Sunday in May, Mother’s Day.”
She noted that Mother’s Day should be a singular possessive, for each family to honor its own mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world.
Although Anna Jarvis was successful in founding Mother’s Day, she became resentful of the commercialization of the holiday, believing that companies had exploited the idea of Mother’s Day. She organized boycotts of Mother’s Day and threatened to issue lawsuits against the companies involved.
She argued that people should appreciate and honor their mothers through handwritten letters expressing their love and gratitude instead of buying gifts and premade cards.
Mother’s Day remains one of the largest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards and long-distance calls.
Carnations have long been associated with Mother’s Day by wearing the white flower if your mother no longer living and red if she is still alive.
As a child, I remember going into the garden and picking the appropriate flower to wear to church. Old habits are hard to break as I have to have my carnation on at church on Mother’s Day.
I long for the day when I wore red ones to church but rest in the knowledge that one day we will all be wearing the same color.
I urge each of you to not only send a bouquet of flowers to your mother or a fancy store-bought card. Instead, if possible, visit with her in person, attend church together or maybe take her out to eat. Trust me, mothers and grandmothers will appreciate this more than anything else.
So from one mother to another, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
Beginning in June, Commodities will no longer be picked up on Jefferson Street. Beginning June 7, Commodities will be disbursed at the River Center. Stay tuned for more information.
Monday - The Country Ramblers Band, led by Lawrence Savage, will play at 9 a.m. for your listening pleasure and a little boot scootin’ if you are so inclined.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibily) will be held at 5 p.m.
Tuesday – The BBB team will travel to Bowker House in North Little
Rock.
At 9:30 a.m., PEPPI Exercise and Move with Balance will be held.
Gospel singing will begin at 10 a.m. and everyone is welcome to share a song or just sing along.
Volleyball practice is set to begin at 12:30 p.m.
A sign language class is offered at 12:30 p.m.
At 7 p.m. each Tuesday, a different band will play for your listening and dancing pleasure. The band for this week is Midnight Express. Tickets are $5.
Wednesday – At 9 a.m. Harmonicas for Health will be held. Harmonicas and music are provided.
All you have to do is show up. Not only are you learning something new, it is a great way to help your breathing.
Bingo starts at 10 a.m. Great way to spend a morning and you can practice for bingo at Chick-fil-A on Thursday.
A genealogy course will be given at noon.
Intro to Windows 10 will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday – The bus leaves at 7:20 a.m. for Bingo at Chick-Fil-A. We have a great time and some of us even win.
At 9:30 a.m., PEPPI/ Move With Balance will help to keep you toned and most of the exercises can be done sitting down.
Trivia and cookies will be held at 10 a.m.
Intro to computers will take place at noon.
Friday – The Danny Perryman and Old Country will entertain us from 9 to 11 a.m. If you dance by the camera you just might find yourself on TV showing off your dancing skills. Sort of like a senior version of American Bandstand or Steve’s
Show.
At 9 a.m., a wellness clinic will be held by Evergreen Health.
Devotion begins at 10 a.m.
Line Dancing will be held at 1 p.m.
Each day, a delicious, hearty meal is served. For ages 60 plus, a $3 donation is requested. For those 59 and younger, there is a charge of $8. If you want a take-out plate the charge will be $8 as well.
Monday – Herbed pork loin, pinto beans, turnip greens, cornbread, fruit cobbler and milk
Tuesday – Chicken pot pie, broccoli, roll, fresh orange, cookie and milk.
Wednesday – Taco salad over chips, rice, lettuce and tomatoes, honey bun cake and milk.
Thursday – Oven-fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, garlic cheddar biscuit, pineapple and milk.
Friday – Scrambled eggs, sausage, hashbrowns, biscuit, fruit salad and milk.
The Center is open each day from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Come join in a game of dominos, working a puzzle, a rowdy game of bean bag ball, a game of pool, volleyball or maybe researching something on our computers.