Today’s the day — May 10th, the second Sunday in May, Mother’s Day.

Although there had been a Mother’s Day movement since 1872, it wasn’t until May 9, 1914 that Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamaiton making the second Sunday in May the national day of observance for Mothers.

My own mother died in 1972 and my maternal grandmother a few years later.  My wife’s mother lives in far off Michigan (but she’ll be visiting her mother in another week anyway). So for us, it’ll be a quiet day.

The great upside is that it has finally stopped raining and the sun it out and the temperature is tolerable.  So it’ll be a good Mother’s Day regardless.

Hapy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there!