http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/05/10/mothers-day/ Rationally Exploring the Inner Life Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/05/10/mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1710 Rich Sun, 10 May 2009 17:49:35 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1527#comment-1710 Thanks for sharing this James. I had no idea that this holiday was rooted in violence. Think about the obligation that must have been felt back then. If you had have spoken out against Mother's day then, people would have written you off as cruel for not honoring someone who had lost a loved one. What an evil guilt trip that must have been. I certainly felt guilted into buying gifts for my mother and spending my Sunday with her. When I would bring up to her that there was no children's day, she would sarcsastically reply that "every day is children's day". This year I'm doing what I want to, getting out of the house and spending the day with someone I really love.