Pickles and Peanut Butter Archives

Please note: since this page appeared at some point in the not-too-distant past, some links may be invalid or different than they once were.

This week’s topic is :

Mothers

Our next topic will be Cars. If you have any ideas or material you would like to see included, please send it to mymom@picklesandpeanutbutter.net.

Let's start with a brief history Mother's Day

In the United States, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) is credited with bringing in the celebration of Mother's day. Anna Jarvis intended to start a Mother's Day as an honoring of mothers. The idea itself was so great that it did not take long to be spread all over. The governor of West Virginia issued the first Mother's Day proclamation in 1910. Oklahoma celebrated it in that same year, and by 1911 there was not a state in the Union that did not have its own observances for Mother's Day.

For a more detailed history, check out Mother's Day History

Am I like my Mother?
Ever wonder why you and your mom eat alike? Read Tastes: Like Mother Like Child

For a look into the animal world of motherhood, check out Like mother, like daughter: young female chimps excel in tool use: UMNnews: U of M.

How about some famous - and infamous - mothers?

Mother Teresa
Mother Goose
Ma Barker

And what the mothers of famous people may have told their children
What our own mothers have been saying to us: Mommisms

Here's an essay on Becoming My Mother's Mother Mothers with Attitude

Something you don't expect to find on a page honoring mothers: : MOTHERS® Polishes·Waxes·Cleaners

Here are a few of the hundreds of books available at Amazon.com Peanut Butter

Send your comments or ideas to mymom@picklesandpeanutbutter.net