The origins of Mother's Day run back to Grafton, West Virginia

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex0FWKb4ayg&w=620&h=315] Everything needs an origin story -- Mother's Day as well -- and its origins take it back to Grafton, West Virginia in the early 1900s. To wit:

In its present form, Mother's Day was established by Anna Jarvis with the help of Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker following the death of her mo…