Mother’s Day versus the Annunciation

Mother’s Day versus the Annunciation The Annunciation, fresco by Fra Angelico, 1438–45; in the Museum of San Marco, Florence. Photo Encyclopædia Britannica.

I was married on the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25, many moons ago, back in the 1970s. Friends said “You’re mad! Getting hitched at the end of the tax year – such bad timing!” I have always borne in mind, ever since, that money and fiscal policies often have quite an influence on matrimonial…

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