Happy Mother's Day ...

... to all you mothers, and to all your mothers ...

...In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace...

From a Mother's Day Proclamation of 1870

...and on that note, let's not forget the mothers who haven't seen their children in a few decades ...

posted by Lazarus, 12:10 AM