Happy Mother's Day!

Yes, I know I'm late.  Get over it.

What kind of women's blogger would I be if I didn't mention Mother's Day?!?

Mother's Day has roots in fighting for rights, which continues today.

So I'm putting up this video for my mum, Mama McBlogger, just a small thanks for everything she does day in and day out, for me, Sister McBlogger, Papa McBlogger, and the rest of the Family McBlogger.

(When that guy mentions peacekeeping, he is NOT kidding.  Sister McBlogger and I are exactly two years apart, and we've spent most of our lives together.)

While the Mother's Day is for relaxing with your favorite mom, there's always a little room for activism, no?

This is the text in the crawl on the bottom of the screen in the video link, via Lisa Belkin at NYTBlogs:

Moms in this country are way undervalued – Mothers make 73 cents to every dollar an equally qualified man makes at the same job – Single mothers make only about 60 cents to a man’s dollar – Those two facts, it should be noted, really suck – especially because men aren’t making much these days either – Over a lifetime mothers are paid anywhere from $400,000 to $2 million less than men doing the same work due to gender wage disparity. That’s a ridiculous “Mommy Tax.” A full quarter of US families with children less than 6 years old live in poverty – Well duh, all these other statistics would lead to this likely outcome – Motherhood is one of the hardest full-time jobs that does not come with Social Security or health benefits – It does however come with a lot of labor as well as love.

Make sure you tell your mother you love her!