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Busch Memorial Stadium opens on this day in 1966

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all of you Moms, Stepmoms, Grandmoms, Great Grandmoms, Fur-baby moms, and those who fulfill the mom role. We give you a tip of the hat, a big hug, and all of our love.  Able to leap a teenage attitude in a single bound, faster than a glass of milk falling off the table and able to keep everything and everyone together, moms are superheroes, medics, cooks, boo-boo kissing, discipline giving, all out heart loving, women.   We also give our mothers who have gone on before us a warm memory that brings on a smile.  May all of you have the most wonderful day and to my mom, we miss you every day.

Awareness Spotlight shines on…

Purple is the color of the day for NATIONAL FIBROMYALGIA AWARENESS DAY.  This musculoskeletal condition causes pain, fatigue, skin sensitivity, IBS, and a host of other symptoms.  Unfortunately, it is a hard disease to do research on and there is presently no cure.  Massage, exercise, chiropractic care and acupuncture can all help with the symptoms, but unfortunately some people don’t respond well to any treatment.  Let’s keep working to find a cure.

Innovation and Invention

NATIONAL ODOMETER DAY lets us know how far we’ve come.  This little piece of tech has been around since the 1600’s when it was used on horse-drawn wagons.  Today’s odometers are a little more sophisticated, but essentially do the same thing.  I am just glad our bodies don’t come equipped with them.

For Fun

Ol’ Kev liked his pizza and beer. Pepperoni was his favorite I hear, He looked oh so glum, after eating his last crumb. Then smiling raised his glass for a cheer

Without Edward Lear, we wouldn’t be able to celebrate NATIONAL LIMERICK DAY, which falls on his birthday (1812).  He published the first limericks in his “Book of Nonsense” in 1846.  A typical limerick is five lines with the first, second and fifth rhyming and the third and fourth lines going together.  There are plenty of these short poems online – if you don’t know any, you can look them up or even write some of your own.

On Today’s Menu…

Our dessert of the day is just nuts.  NATIONAL NUTTY FUDGE DAY brings the richness of fudge and the saltiness of nuts together for a unique and satisfying blend of taste and texture.  That first bite of creamy goodness and crunchy taste will leave you wanting more.

Sneak Peek at Tomorrow’s Events and Celebrations

Women’s Checkup Day

Frog Jumping Day

Crouton Day

Fruit Cocktail Day

National Apple Pie Day

On this day…

1846 – The Donner Party leaves Independence, MO for California.  42 out of 89 members didn’t make it

1926 – Roald Amundsen is the first to fly over the North Pole

1932 – A grief-stricken Charles Lindbergh, his wife Anne, and the whole country learn of the death of his kidnapped baby – 10 weeks after the abduction

1936 – August Dvorak and William Dealey receive a patent for the Dvorak keyboard.  This keyboard is slightly more efficient than your typical QWERTY keyboard – but never replaced it

1949 – The Soviet Union ceases its Blockade of Berlin

1966 – Busch Memorial Stadium becomes part of the St. Louis scenery

2002 – President Jimmy Carter visits Cuba – the first one to do so since the 1959 revolution

Happy Birthday to…

Most Wonderful Father, we thank You for Moms.  May You bless each and every one of them, watch over them, hold them tight, and let them know that they are all fantastic.  In the awesome name of Jesus I ask this, Amen.

Enjoy the day and make it your own

Thank you to National Day Calendar; National Today; History.com; Britannica.com; Wikipedia; on this day.com

#MothersDay #FibromyalgiaAwarenessDay #NuttyFudgeDay #NationalLimerickDay #NationalOdometerDay #Enjoythedayandmakeityourown

Happy Birthday to #EdwardLear, #FlorenceNightingale, #BaronClemonsvonPiquet, #KatherineHepburn, #YogiBerra, #GerogeCarlin, #TonyHawk