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Mothers Day Edition - Remember the Stand Ins

Mothers Day Edition - Remember the Stand Ins

Week 20 Day 130 of 2024 - May 9th

Rosieness Revue
May 9th, 2024

Mother’s Day is a special day for millions of women and children. It is also an excruciating day for millions of motherless children and childless women. Let’s remember both and celebrate the stand in mothers and children as well,

Everyone can make a difference

Sara Cunningham -Free Mom Hugs

Sara Cunningham, an Oklahoma mother, started Free Mom Hugs in 2014 with a Facebook Post offering to be a “Stand in” Mom for same sex weddings. Today, Free Mom Hugs has chapters in all 50 states with over 14,000 volunteers.

freemomhugs.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=545

Letters Against Isolation | write letters to seniors

Started by Two Sisters during Covid - Letters Against Isolation connects student and individual volunteers with seniors to write letters to brighten their days.

www.lettersagainstisolation.com/?msclkid=7194abe2fce1185cef4ecdd54e8a3d66&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=LAISearch&utm_term=helping%20seniors&utm_content=LAISearchAG

The Childless Life

Sandy Green from Louisiana started an online Facebook Group and Blog for Childless mothers to suppport each other.

thechildlesslife.com/hello-world

Word of the Week

Easy Mother’s Day Gift/ Projects

Here are some easy DIY projects you can create instantly from the photos on your phone with an Ivy Mini Printer from Canon

Canon Ivy Mini Printer

Print and customize your photos directly from your smartphone devices via the Canon Mini Print App - NO INK NEEDED. Printer comes with 50 sheets of Zink Photo Paper that can be put in the frames or albums below or peel the back to use as stickers to decorate cards, packages or make collages. Available at Amazon, Best Buy, Target

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Mini Photo Album for Mini Instant Film

There are 52 pockets in this mini album to make a portable memory book with snap closure - Comes in multiple colors.

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Waterproof Photo Holder

Slide in 4 mini photos. Can be used as a desktop stationary accessory for pens. Also holds water to be a mini vase or plant holder.

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Glitter Photo Frame Ornaments

Come in a pack of two - fun for the fridge also, just apply a magnet to the back

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Share Memories with Echo Show

Your Echo Show can double as a digital picture frame

How to show your photos on your Echo Show smart display

www.theverge.com/22982857/how-to-echo-show-amazon-digital-photo-frame

This Week in History

The History of Mother's Day is more complicated than you might think -

Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. In the United States, Mother’s Day Work Clubs were formed before the civil war by Anne Jarvis, whose daughter successful lobbied for the establishment of mother’s day. Click to read more

www.history.com/topics/holidays/mothers-day