Comments on: Our Love Is Growing

By: tomoko matsuyama

tomoko matsuyama — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:49:35 +0000

thank you for your essay. I am happy to share the same sprite and idea. I have declined my son and his wife to send mother’s day flowers when I first received flowers from them a couple of years ago. I have believed this is wrong, too commercialism. Mother’s day is just for mother’s heart, not sending something to mother as if sons and daughters want to be free from guilty. On mother’s day,I am having a small bbq party here in my garden with many flowers and plants. I am very happy in my garden. Plants do not tell lies. they show their sincerity and trust to me. tomoko

By: ZuVuYah

ZuVuYah — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:26:13 +0000

Love the writing! I am however, smirking at the idea of you plugging giving Mom a garden since that is the business you are running! My Mom was responsible for all things garden for decades and now lives in a senior apartment. Sadly, she has forbidden me to buy anything for her that needs tending. I bring her organic, local delicious food on a regular basis and when in season, local flowers….Thanks for the herstory of this event.

By: Effie Ambler

Effie Ambler — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:48:29 +0000

Right on, brother!

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Mothers Day Flower Picks From An Ottawa Floral Specialist — Thu, 06 May 2010 09:08:16 +0000

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By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:29:26 +0000

What a lovely thought! My greatest wish for mom’s day when our children were small was to sleep late! Now my greatest joy is when our three sons, who are all adults, can spend the day with us, grill out and as a gift, they give me a day (or two!) of work in the garden. I am blessed.

By: andy

andy — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:46:32 +0000

They don’t make Mother’s Day like they used to. Signed into being with Woodrow Wilson’s 1917 Presidential Proclamation???????

from Wikipedia – maybe things are actually better now -even with the comercialisation!!
”
During the sixteenth century, people returned to their mother church for a service to be held on Laetare Sunday. This was either a large local church, or more often the nearest Cathedral.[1] Anyone who did this was commonly said to have gone “a-mothering”, although whether this preceded the term Mothering Sunday is unclear. In later times, Mothering Sunday became a day when domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mothers and other family members. It was often the only time that whole families could gather together, since in other days they were prevented by conflicting working hours.”

By: Sus

Sus — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:24:16 +0000

Lovely thoughts–thanks

By: lainey

lainey — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:40:24 +0000

Thanks George!
I agree. I also think that Mothers should teach their children how to garden. I am grateful every season, not just on Mothers Day, when my children point out the beauty in the perennial garden which we planted eight years ago. They are thrilled to see the surprise of the first snow drops and crocus preceeding the beautiful show of color and the intoxicating sweet perfume of several varities of narcissus, fritillaria, hyacinths, bleeding hearts,sweet woodruff,forget- me-nots, peonies, lilacs, allium, geraniums, baptisia …through October with japanese anenome and lilies. Throughout our yard we have rescued many trillium, maypoles, jack in the pulpit,wild ginger,geranium, hepatica,violets and created a shade garden where they are protected and can multiply. So, it isn’t about the “gifts” we receive, but rather the gift of being able to teach our children to appreciate the beauty in nature and to pass on the love for flowers and the joy in gardening. Recently, I was looking outside to find two of my chilren on a hunt for trillium in our yard!I will also never forget the day my son presented me with a lone fritillaria found in our woods!Those are the best gifts!
I am blessed.

By: Claudette

Claudette — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:47:26 +0000

I absolutely loved it. It was just beautiful. Incredibly touching nd right on. Any holiday has come to nothing but marketing hype; give me your money, give me your money, give me your money… Expensive cards with other peoples sentiments to be thrown away, other peoples food, meaningless gifts. You’re right. Very sad. It’s a good thing that gardening makes us feel so good.

By: joel

joel — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:37:58 +0000

Great piece of human History , thakn you.
In France Napoleon had the idea of a Mother’s day to help fight the population’s thining {He knew more than anyone why} it came back after the American movement but was not signed into law in 1950 by then President Auriol. most of the Country do celebrate mother’s day but for the Chinese who stop at 35? most country celebrate mother’s day in May but for argentina which does it in October , my guess is because of the seasons , it is spring there . Thanks Joel.