Kudos to President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 for Declaring a Mother's Day Observance

Inspired by previous women who had the same idea, Anna Jarvis started the crusade to found a memorial day for women. In 1907, she passed out 500 white carnations at her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia—one for each mother in the congregation. The first Mother's Day service was celebrated on 10 May 1908, in the same church.

President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.

These few pictures do no justice to the number of influential women we know! We almost concluded that if we couldn't list all of you, we shouldn't list anyone at all just to be fair, but then it made a very sad post to not be personal. Here's just a few random selections:

Uncle Chris, Grandmother Tina, and Cousin Baxter (Florida)

Jaime's mom telling him how proud she is of him. (photo taken in Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

Ann's Mom and Dad enjoying an old-time themed party with family. (Party in Idaho)

Aunt Rachelle and Jaime standing just outside Grandma Helen's room in California.

Being out of state, we were unable to be with our family this day, but we send our love nonetheless. You deserve this special celebration!