The greatest blessing given to man by God. "Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb." — Leroy Brownlow The official Mother’s Day holiday arose in the 1900s as a result of the efforts of Anna Jarvis, daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis. Following her mother’s death in 1905, Anna Jarvis conceived of Mother’s Day as a way of honoring the sacrifices mothers made for their children. At times, Mother’s Day has also been a date for launching political or feminist causes. In 1968 Coretta Scott King, wif
