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Mother's Day
By Wauwatosa Public Library
Wednesday, May 2 2007, 04:01 PM
“Making the decision to have a child – it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
Elizabeth Stone
Mother’s Day has been an official holiday in America since 1914, when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill designating the second Sunday of May as our day to honor mothers. However, setting aside a day to celebrate and honor mothers goes back to ancient times – the Romans held annual spring festivals dedicated to Cybele, the Great Mother of Gods.
Today we celebrate with food (the second Sunday of May is the most popular day in America for dining out), a call home (it’s also the day when phone lines are the busiest) or beautiful flowers (carnations are the most popular).
Some books by and about mothers-beautiful, funny and thought provoking:
Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me by Maya Angelou
Mother Dance: How Children Change Your Life by Harriet Goldhor Lerner
Mothers: A Celebration by Alexandra Stoddard
Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck
Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood ed. by Camille Peri
