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There are few things in this world beloved more than mom.

No matter where you are in the world, there is a day to cele-brate mom. While it might not be on the

same day around the world, there is a universal appreciation for mothers everywhere. But did you know that getting Mother’s Day recognized as a national holiday in the United States only dates back to 1914? Since the dawn of time we have been thankful for our mothers, but it took persistent activists to really get the holiday on the nationally recognized level.

1. Used to Be Called Mothering SundayWhile the modern American Mother’s Day

didn’t evolve until years later, the most clear pre-cursor to the holiday was the Christian celebration of “Mothering Sunday.” In the United Kingdom and parts of Europe, Mothering Sunday fell on the fourth Sunday in Lent, where parishioners would return to their “mother” church.

2. The First Mother’s DayAfter the death of Ann Reeves Jarvis in 1908, her

daughter Anna Jarvis sought to host a celebration to thank mothers everywhere for all they do. She held the first Mother’s Day celebration in a Method-ist Church in Grafton, West Virginia with financial backing from Philadelphia retail owner John Wana-maker. Thousands also congregated in Philadelphia at Wanamaker’s retail store for a Mother’s Day celebration of their own.

3. Why the Date Changes.After Jarvis successfully held her first Mother’s

Day, she sought out to make it a national celebra-tion. After years of lobbying, she finally got the attention of President Woodrow Wilson in 1914. He proclaimed that the second Sunday in May, no

Things you didn’t know about Mother’s Day

Ann Reeves Jarvis

matter what the date, would belong to moms across the nation.

4. The Founder Was Not a MotherJarvis, though she founded the American mod-

ern concept of Mother’s Day, remained unmarried and childless throughout her entire life.

5. Spare No ExpenseMom’s value is immeasurable, but according to

the National Retail Federation 2013 survey, consumers will spend an average of $168.94 on mom. Heck, she deserves it, right?

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ContentsThings you didn’t know about Mother’s Day ......................2Sixteen Things We Forget To Thank Our Moms For ............4Five Facts about moms .............................................................4Quotation about mothers .........................................................6Tech Support ..............................................................................7Some Years Ago, there was a Mensa Convention ................7And there is a back story too. ..................................................8Canadians plan wall on their southern border ..................10Bubba has a bad day ...............................................................11Bubba Tech ...............................................................................11Mega-Mergers for 2016 ...........................................................12Bearing arms ............................................................................12Oxymorons ..............................................................................12$15 for a Porsche? ....................................................................13Bubba Style — Contemporary Wedding Dresses ...............14Don’t Widen the Plate.............................................................16Missing Man Table ..................................................................17Something For Everyone ........................................................18Bubba Style — IKEA Comments ...........................................20Sunday Headlines ...................................................................21Amazing Facts .........................................................................22Amazing Photos ......................................................................23School Daze ..............................................................................24Random Thoughts ..................................................................24Thoughts on Dogs ...................................................................25It Was a Dark and Stormy Night ...........................................26Possible Adventures for Your Bucket List ...........................26Candidates for The Darwin Award ......................................28Senior USB Stick ......................................................................30Random Thoughts ..................................................................30More Gems from Seniors .......................................................31To realize ...................................................................................31Bubba’s Govment Trainin’ .....................................................32Tooting your own horn ..........................................................32London Cabbie ........................................................................32Why We Love Children ..........................................................33Creative Business Names .......................................................34Good News About Good People ..........................................36

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1. All the times she had to double as best friend/coun-selor/therapist/costume designer/hair stylist/coach/all-around-solver-of-every-problem-ever. I remain unconvinced that moms aren’t actually superheroes in disguise.

2. Forgiving us when we forget to call.3. Listening to all our pointless dramas when we do remem-

ber.4. Being the kind of person that we actually do want to be-

come — because as we all know, it’s inevitable.5. Having the incredible prowess only a mother whose

babes have been scorned could — mama bear protects her cubs, sometimes excessively, but we love it, let’s be honest.

6. All those times we yelled “MOOOOMMM!!” through the house to find out where our white shirt was or what time so-and-so was getting home and all the other ques-tions we just couldn’t go to Dad for.

7. All the things she reluctantly bought us at the cash reg-ister of any given store, all the clothes and things we didn’t really need (but insisted we did). Growing up and understanding the value of a dollar really makes you reconsider just how much moms sacrifice.

8. For all the home cooked meals or pizzas we didn’t have to pay for ourselves. Equally phenomenal. Equally missed.

9. Putting up with our middle school phase. 10. For giving us our siblings, whom we simultaneously

once wished to sell and now are best friends with.11. And oh yeah, for that whole “giving birth to us” thing.12. For being our first, and at some points, only cheerlead-

ers, who were and are proud of every little thing we do.13. All the time she spent picking us up from practices;

bending over backwards to make sure we had new cleats and costumes; and were at every game, rehearsal, and play date we planned.

14. Doing her best, even when things were most difficult in the family. Moms have this incredible magic sparkle glue that keeps it all together when it would otherwise fall apart.

15. Dealing with Dad.16. Being the boss woman of the house (and of our lives).

And for being living proof that there truly are people who can honestly just do it all.

Sixteen Things We Forget To Thank Our Moms Forby Kate BaileyCheck out other words from Kate Bailey at http://thoughtcatalog.com/kate-bailey/2014/02/16-things-we-forget-to-thank-our-moms-for/

Interesting Facts On Mothershttp://www.dayformothers.com/interesting-facts.html

Five Facts about momsDrew DeSilver is a senior writer at Pew Research Center.http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-

tank/2013/05/10/5-facts-about-moms/1. 52.9% of women aged 15-44, or about 32.5 mil-

lion, were mothers in 2010, according to the Cen-sus Bureau. The U.S. birth rate dipped in 2011 to the lowest ever recorded, led by a plunge in births to immigrant women since the onset of the Great Recession.

2. Today’s mothers have more education than ever before, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census data. About two-thirds of new mothers in 2011 had at least some college education, reflecting a decades-long rise in the educational levels of all women.

3. In 2010, the average age of first-time mothers was 25.4, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Age at first birth has been trending upward for a long time; in 1980 the average age was 22.7.

4. Between paid and unpaid work, the average mother works about 2 more hours a week than she did in 1965, though the mix of time spent on paid work, housework and child care has changed dramatically:

5. Though 56% of working mothers say it’s very or somewhat difficult to balance work and fam-ily responsibilities, 78% say they’re doing an “excellent” or “very good” job as parents.

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Quotation about mothershttp://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/mothers

“When God Created Mothers” by Erma Bombeck

When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of “overtime” when the angel appeared and said. “You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”

And God said, “Have you read the specs on this order?” She has to be completely washable, but not plastic. Have 180 moveable parts...all replaceable. Run on black coffee and leftovers. Have a lap that disappears when she stands up. A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair. And six pairs of hands.”

The angel shook her head slowly and said. “Six pairs of hands.... no way.”

It’s not the hands that are causing me prob-lems,” God remarked, “it’s the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have.”

That’s on the standard model?” asked the angel. God nodded.

One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, ‘What are you kids doing in there?’ when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn’t but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and say. ‘I understand and I love you’ without so much as uttering a word.”

God,” said the angel touching his sleeve gently, “Get some rest tomorrow....”

I can’t,” said God, “I’m so close to creating some-thing so close to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick...can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger...and can get a nine year old to stand under a shower.”

The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. “It’s too soft,” she sighed.

But tough!” said God excitedly. “You can imagine what this mother can do or endure.”

Can it think?” Not only can it think, but it can reason and

compromise,” said the Creator. Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger

across the cheek. There’s a leak,” she pronounced. “I told You that

You were trying to put too much into this model.” It’s not a leak,” said the Lord, “It’s a tear.” What’s it for?” It’s for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneli-

ness, and pride.” You are a genius, “ said the angel. Somberly, God said, “I didn’t put it there.” —Erma Bombeck, When God Created Mothers

“When your mother asks, “Do you want a piece of advice?” it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”

—Erma Bombeck

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

—Abraham Lincoln

“Womanhood is a wonderful thing. In womankind we find the mothers of the race.There is no man so great, nor none sunk so low, but once he lay a helpless, innocent babe in a woman’s arms and was dependent on her love and care for his existence. It is woman who rocks the cradle of the world and holds the first affections of mankind. She possesses a power beyond that of a king on his throne.

...Womanhood stands for all that is pure and clean and noble. She who does not make the world better for having lived in it has failed to be all that a woman should be.”

—Mabel Hale, Beautiful Girlhood: A Timeless Guide for Christian Adolescense

“She was of the stuff of which great men’s mothers are made. She was indispensable to high generation, feared at tea-parties, hated in shops, and loved at crises.”

—Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

“My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.”

—Jodi Picoult