Questions for the Wednesday Medley...

Here is a medley of questions for the Wednesday Medley.  I always start with the National Day Calendar and base questions from there. No rules and there is no obligation. Link up if you want to.  I'm doing this to fill my Wednesday and if you are interested, then I invite you to join in and link up with other ‘Meddlers’!! 

I couldn't let Mother's Day go by without highlighting it here. My choices for May 8th were just not as worthy. So let's talk about our mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers (biologic or adopted) OR those who have been like a mother to you!! I will use the word 'mom' but please know that includes the person who has been a mom to you. For our UK friends, we know your Mother's Day has passed this year but please share with us here!

Everything below this line is from The National Day Calendar.

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MOTHER’S DAY – Second Sunday in May

MOTHER’S DAY

Everyone has one or has someone who is like a mother to them.  On the second Sunday of May, we honor those women who are our mothers. Whether we shower her with gifts, take her to a fancy dinner or make her a homemade card, what moms want most is to be surrounded by the love of their family.  Knowing the people they love are safe, sound and healthy is a mom’s number one priority.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Remember to put mom first on Mother’s Day and use #MothersDay to share on social media.

HISTORY

Mother’s Day has been celebrated around the world since, well, since motherhood. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe inspired the first movement toward a national Mother’s Day during the Civil War. Appealing to the public for a “Mother’s Day for Peace” after witnessing the devastation left by war, Howe went on an international crusade. While her efforts never gained formal recognition for an official observance, she was acknowledged posthumously in 1988 for her achievements and her efforts for women’s rights.

It was in 1905 when Mother’s Day was finally introduced successfully by Anna Jarvis, the daughter of Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis who had followed Howe’s campaign and had pursued her own volunteer efforts during the Civil War. Her mother died on May 9, 1905, and she missed her greatly. She started a dedicated letter-writing campaign to declare an official Mother’s Day. Through Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, the first Mother’s Day was observed on May 10, 1908.

This day, to honor Anna Jarvis’s mother, grew into a National Observance until in 1911 when every state participated. Soon it was spreading internationally, and on May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother’s Day a national holiday to be held on the second Sunday of May.

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Everything above this line is from The National Day Calendar.

1. Where did your mom grow up?

2. Tell us about her siblings, if she has/had any. Did you have a favorite aunt or uncle?

3. What is ONE of your favorite memories you can share with us of your mom?

4. Please share a picture or two of your mom with us.

5. Let's not leave out the grandmothers. Share what you will.

6. Do you have any special plans for Mother's Day?


Thanks for visiting! If you decide to answer the questions on your blog tomorrow, please come back and link up with other Meddlers so we can all visit each other.

Peace & Hugs!  God bless!!