Or is it still just about spending time with mom and appreciating all she does?
This feature originally appeared in Saturday’s Weekend Post
Mother’s Day as we know it was founded by Anna Jarvis in 1908, but even she felt that it quickly deteriorated into something lacking real sentiment. “A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world” she said. So, 103 years later, does Mother’s Day mean anything to the people it’s meant to celebrate?We asked some moms what they thought:
Bad Mother author Ayelet Waldman said, “I think Mother’s Day is a marvelous holiday. Personally, I like to loll about in bed with the newspaper and a cup of tea. My only reservation about it is that being too spoiled on Mother’s Day does up the ante for Father’s Day, a holiday I find pointless in the extreme.”
