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Some thoughts about Mother's Day Flowers from a different perspective below...

A question my Mom gets a lot is: What is it like for you on Mother’s Day?

Now that question may not sound too off the wall at first, but when you take into consideration that my Mom owns 3 flower shops (not to mention this website) in a county where there is 40,000 residents, well, that changes things on how to answer the question.

You see, Mother’s Day for my Mom starts about three months in advance. All the flowers that she orders for Mother’s Day have to be ordered way ahead of time in order for the shops to even get flowers for that holiday. On top of that, she also has to order containers and other supplies so those flowers can be arranged properly. In addition, she has to re-confirm with our once a year staff that they will help out during the Mother’s Day week.

Did I say week? Yes, Mother’s Day starts to get busy in flower shops a whole week before Mother’s Day. Every day that passes during that week is busier than the last. By the time you come to within three days of Mother’s Day fatigue begins to set in because now you’ve worked up to that point 18 hour days for three days in row. What is significant about being within that 3 day span is that now you can not sleep. There are just plain too many orders to do. It is as if those previous 18 hour days and the months of planning don’t matter any more.

For my Mom, the span of time from the Thursday before Mother’s Day to that Sunday of Mother’s Day is one really long day. There is no going home, there is no taking a shower to freshen up, there is no eating normal food at a relaxed pace. All normalcy is gone…but some how she manages to pull through it all.

Is Mother’s Day done after Mother’s Day? Nope.  In the floral industry, Mother’s Day lasts the entire week after Mother’s Day too. It just keeps going.. What isn’t so fun at this point is that you’ve made mistakes on some orders because you haven’t slept much or even eaten. Moreover, some folks are down right mean about the mistakes without even knowing what my Mom has been through for so-called Mother’s Day.

All sounds pretty grim doesn’t it? I guess it does which is why I stick it out with her every year.

Any way, thought I’d ramble about Mother’s Day flowers and some of what it entails. It is much different around here than what you find if you read the origins thru to present day Mother’s Day. Until next Mother’s Day in 2009!

Thanks for reading.

-Mark

Mother's Day:

Mother's Day is a celebration of motherhood and a day of rest for mothers. On this special day, mothers are treated to breakfast in bed, enjoy special meals made in their honor, and receive cards, chocolates, and flowers.

In the United States, Julia Ward Howe suggested the idea of Mother's Day in 1872. Howe, who wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, saw Mother's Day as being dedicated to peace.

But it was Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who is credited with bringing about the official observance of Mother's Day. Her campaign to establish such a holiday began as a remembrance of her mother, who died in 1905. Jarvis' mother had, in the late 19th century, tried to establish "Mother's Friendship Days" as a way to heal the scars of the Civil War.

Two years after her mother died, Jarvis held a ceremony in Grafton, West Virginia, to honor her. She was so moved by the proceedings that she began a massive campaign to adopt a formal holiday honoring mothers.

In 1910, West Virginia became the first state to recognize Mother's Day. A year later, nearly every state marked the day. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed Mother's Day as a national holiday.

Many Mother's Day celebrations are held throughout the world. Although they don't all fall at the same time, countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Belgium, and the United States all celebrate Mother's Day on the same day – the second Sunday of May.

Many people still wear carnations on this special Sunday — pink or red for mothers still living, and white to honor mothers who have died.