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Thank you mother, you birthed me, you nursed me, you fed and clothed me. You loved me, when seems, the word had loathed me. I'd not want that love in vain. However this is not your day. Thank you mother, for your support, and your optimistic sheen, it's inspiring and always has shaped the person whom I am. But this is not your day. It belongs to the greeting card companies. Who've robbed another holiday. Robbed it of all meaning, all substance and heart. Robbed it of it's very soul. Deformed it, corrupted it, chewed it up and spat it, till it's obscure meanings long forgot; faded into history, a mother's not. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dedicated to my mother, whom I love. Also dedicated to Julia Ward Howe who invented a holiday meant to end war and poverty. And to celebrate all families. Who died before her dream could ever be realized. And...to Anne Jarvis who forced through the holiday, hoping to continue Howe's work and end war and poverty and create a better world for all, only to see that dream shattered as Greeting Card companies and greedy conglomerates perverted it's ideals to nothing more then lip service dedicated to selling cards and candy. To celebrate some mother's publicly, while other's have their health care raised and their social security stolen. While single mothers have to risk their health and their lives to barely feed their children. This holiday is an abomination. It doesn't celebrate motherhood, it degrades it. Women don't need to be celebrated nearly as much as they need a good world in which they can better raise their children. A world in which they can feed their children. This holiday is a Mother's Not and so is this world.
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