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Dialogues /monologues: 1、 It is a far different world today than it was last Memorial Day, and what a year ago would have been perceived perhaps as an inconvenience is now being embraced as extra security checks. 2、 Where is the blessing in giving away something I would like to keep for myself? 3、 We have each helped in a different aspect as schedules and talents allowed. 4、 School children blitz the community asking for canned contributions. 5、 The guided working weekends and the guided working holidays. 6、 But Foot Trails specializes in offering gentle paced, soft guided walking so you will feel relaxed and refreshed, definitely not exhausted. Passage: The Story of Mother's day The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600' s, England celebrated a day calledMothering Sunday. Celebrated on the 4 th Sunday of lent,Mothering Sundayhonored the mothers of England. During this time many of the England 's poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employees. On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch. | 
