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The first Mother's Day Proclamation was made in 1870, written by
Julia Ward Howe. In 1862, when she was actively involved in the
antislavery movement, the original proclamation was an impassioned
call for peace and disarmament. Here are the words of the original
Mother's Day Proclamation:

"In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask that a
general congress of women without limit of nationality be appointed
and held at some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest
period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the
different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international
questions, the great and general interests of peace."

It is interesting that this deep connection between motherhood and
peace activism was part of the original Mother’s Day proclamation.
As we watch mothers around the world continue to suffer, and in our
context the mothers of children in Iraq and those of Americans dying
there for an increasingly unpopular war, let us remember our own.
Let us remember their sacrifices for us, their love, kindness and
commitment to us. And let us remember them in our prayers always.

May God bless my mother with paradise.