MOTHER'S DAY PROCLAMATION by Julia Ward Howe

[proud2BlibKansan]

MOTHER'S DAY PROCLAMATION
Julia Ward Howe
27 May 1819 to 17 October 1910.


Arise, then, women of this day!

Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of fears!

Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,

"Our husbands shall not come to us reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.

"Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience.

"We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."

From the bosom of the devasted earth a voice goes up with our own. It says, "Disarm, Disarm!"

The sword of murder is not the balance of justice! Blood does not wipe out dishonor nor violence indicate possession.

As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.

Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.

Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as the means whereby the great human family can live in peace,

And each bearing after her own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, but of God.

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[redqueen]

1. Thanks.

It's good to remind people why this day was started.

[redqueen]

2. ...

:kick:

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. kick again

[havocmom]

4. Resourceful, clever, loving mothers come in all sizes, shapes, colors and spots

Hope they ALL have a nice day, enjoying the company of their offspring.

(Yes, bobcats will make themselves to home in people's yards and on their patio furniture. They want to raise their offspring in a comfy, safe place too. This pict from the AZ Daily Star gallery. Lots of great photographs there to check out. )

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. "If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? " Joan Baez K&R