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The women who started Mothers Day,Anna Jarvis. Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis was dining at the Tea Room at Wanamaker’s department store in Philadelphia. She saw they were offering a “Mother’s Day Salad.” She ordered the salad and when it was served, she stood up, dumped it on the floor, left the money to pay for it, and walked out in a huff. Jarvis had lost control of the holiday she helped create, and she was crushed by her belief that commercialism was destroying Mother’s Day. During the Civil War, Anna's mother, Ann Jarvis, cared for the wounded on both sides of the conflict. She also tried to orchestrate peace between Union and Confederate moms by forming a Mother's Friendship Day. When the elder Jarvis passed away in 1905, her daughter was devastated. She would read the sympathy cards and letters over and over, taking the time to underline all the words that praised and complimented her mother. Jarvis found an outlet to memorialize her mot

I suppose I should put a picture of manly beach here as well,seeing as we went to the markets at manly beach.

Here are some fun pictures my friend took of me and the harbor using a filter on my small camera. I like them.What do you all think??

Passing by Sydney heads on the way back from Manly to circular quay , the clouds and sky looked amazing.It didn't photograph as well as i'd have liked,but here you go.

I spent the day on Sydney harbor today,well I got the ferry from circular quay to manly with my best friends Amanda and Steven.It was a very smokey day on the harbor.Back burning was the cause of all the smoke.Sydney is still the most beautiful harbor in the world.Here are some pics I took today.