Emily's Musings

Happy Mother's Day!

I thought that it was interesting that, according to Mother's Day on the Net - The Story, "In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace." We could use more days dedicated to peace. Alas, a Blog posted a speech by Julia Ward Howe, 1870, which expresses the original sentiment.

Some interesting figures from Mother's Day - What you need to know:

• Mother's Day is widely reported as the peak day of the year for long distance telephone calls
• Mother's Day is the busiest day of the year for many restaurants

So happy Mother's Day to Mom and to Jane (though I just learned that there is a separate stepmother's day on May 19th) and to any of the rest of you who are celebrating today!

Posted by Emily at May 9, 2004 08:05 AM