This is not a Hallmark holiday!  It is an anti-war holiday, founded by women who had lost sons in the civil war.  Their hope was that there would come a time when we would all teach our children to hold other human beings in too high of a regard to kill them.  I'm short on time, but Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation is very inspiring.

We're thinking of naming #2 Julia if it's a girl (we find out Thursday!), but we're worried it might be too common.  What do you all think?  Any Julias out there?

Well, I found out Friday that the written part of my comps that I thought I had until mid or late June to due is actually due May 23, so I'm off!