The fabric of time spans generations

This Sunday, May 9th, children will honor their mothers.

The holiday came about because of the persistence of a daughter wanting to honor mothers, including her own, for the sacrifices they make every day of the year.

In the mid-19th century, Ann Reeves Jarvis of West Virginia organized sessions called Mother's Day Work Clubs. The purpose was to educate mothers about proper hygiene and nutrition aimed at giving children a better chance of surviving the ongoing typhoid outbreak.

During the Civil War, Jarvis arranged for groups of mothers to visit the wounded Union and Confederate soldiers at ar...