I spent my Mother’s Day morning eating a traditional breakfast of mushrooms on toast (tradition in my family, at least) and then I took a few minutes to lazily surf around the internet. The ever wonderful Zinn Education Project has a fabulous post today on facebook in honour of Julia Ward Howe and the origins of Mother’s Day. I was so moved by it, I’ve decided to share some of the content mentioned in their post on my blog. Did you know? Julia Ward Howe first issued her Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870 as a call for women to join …