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Saturdays are very special, it's time to count blessings!
When trying to come up with a thankful list for the letter M, the thought came to me that each of us has many sides. It's a good thing, it keeps us from getting boring.
My nurturing side is strong, i have it to thank for all the care i have given to kids and cats over the years.
There's a shy side that i thank for helping me know when to step back.
The bookworm side is always curious and never wants to quit learning.
Angry-at-injustice side wants to keep fighting, even when the odds are not good.
Part of me is grown up enough not to care much what other people think. While i'm not so sure what to call that side, i am thankful i have it.
The romantic side is a big part of why i've been married over 30 years.
Impatient side is learning to sit still, and i'm glad for the lessons i've learned when i've been able to control it.
My critical/perfectionist side has taught me to strive to improve, even as i've had to tell that side that perfect is impossible and is the enemy of what is truly possible.
The optimistic side keeps me from getting too bogged down for too long, even when things aren't going as well as they could be.
Fun-loving and joking side are the reason i can't stop trying to be funny on Sunday.
What sides of you do you like best?
Everyone has reasons to be thankful. Why not list yours and link up with our hostess, Josie Two Shoes, at Ten Things of Thankful? We won't fuss if it's not ten things, the whole idea is to celebrate and be thankful with and for each other.
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Today is:
Ambedkar Jayanti -- India (birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, father of the Indian Constitution)
Americas Day -- Honduras
Baby Massage Day
Black Day -- South Korea (for those who got neither Valentine's gifts nor White Day gifts; singles wear black and get together to eat black noodle soup)
Bodega Bay Fisherman's Festival -- Bodega Bay, CA, US (fun, fish, wine tastings, and more; through tomorrow)
Caballo de Paso Peruano -- Pachacamac, Peru (National Contest of Paso Horses/The National Horse Competition of the native Peruvian horse, the Paso; through the 20th)
Celebrations in the Houses of Ra, Osiris, and Horus -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Cimarron Territory Celebration and World Cow Chip–throwing® Championship Contest -- Beaver, OK, US ("a highly specialized organic sporting event", as well as poker fun, food, crafts, and a parade; through next Saturday)
Day of Mologa -- Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia (commemorates the destruction of the town of Mologa during the construction of the Rybinsk Reservoir)
Day of the Georgian Language -- Georgia (marking the 1978 protests of Soviet attempts to suppress the Georgian language)
Elfin Choir Congress -- Fairy Calendar
Ex Spouse Day -- why?
Feria Nacional de San Marcos -- Palenque, Mexico (through May 7; feast of San Marcos, with rodeos, bull fights, folk dancing, parades, mariachi and muchos mas)
Georgia Renaissance Spring Festival -- Atlanta, GA, US (weekends through June 3)
Global Days of Action on Military Spending -- sponsored by by the International Peace Bureau (IPB) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), through May 3; this year's slogan is "Reducing 10% of military assets will help saving our planet. Take Action!"
International Moment of Laughter Day -- started by Izzy Gesell
John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Tours -- Surrat House Museum, Clinton, MD, US (for Civil War history buffs, a 12 hour bus tour over the route used by Lincoln's assassin; every Saturday through Apr. 28)
Kentucky Derby Festival -- Louisville, KY, US (the warm-up celebration for the big race, much of which is free; through May 4)
Kinetoscope Day -- the first commercial exhibition of motion pictures through Edison's "peep show" device occurred on this day in 1894
Look Up At The Sky Day -- internet generated, no history on this one, but if it's a pretty day, take advantage of it (some sites say April 12, but since we don't know who started it, today is fine)
National Dolphin Day -- US
National Love Our Children Day -- sponsored by STOMP Out Bullying and Love Our Children USA
N'Ko Alphabet Day -- Mande Language Speakers
Pan American Day -- Order of the American States
Pathologists' Assistant Day -- US (American Association of Pathologists' Assistants)
Rato Machhindranath Jatra -- Nepal (chariot races for the god of rain; cannot confirm this year's date, but always begins mid-April)
Reach as High as You Can Day -- internet generated, and listed on various dates; a good idea, anyway, whenever you decide to celebrate it
Runic Half Month of Man (humanity) begins
Sacrifices to Leto, Pythian Apollon, Zeus, Hermes, and the Dioscuri in the Deme of Erichia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)
Scottsdale Culinary Festival -- Scottsdale, AZ, US (40 restaurants, 30 craft breweries, 20 bands, chef demos, teen chef challenge and more, all to raise money for arts education in the community; through tomorrow)
Sidereal Equinox New Year Celebrations -- throughout South and Southeast Asia, including
* Assamese New Year, or Rongali Bihu (India's Assam Valley)
* Bengali New Year, or Pohela Boishakh (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal state)
* Burmese New Year, or Thingyan (Burma)
* Hindu and Sikh New Year, or Vaisakhi (Punjab region)
* Khmer New Year, or Chol Chnam Thmey, most commonly celebrated on April 13 (Cambodia)
* Lao New Year, or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Laos)
* Malayali New Year, or Vishu (India's Kerala state)
* Nepali New Year, or Bikram Samwat / Vaishak Ek (Nepal)
* Oriya New Year, or Maha Visuba Sankranthi (India's Orissa state)
* Sinhalese New Year, or Aluth Avurudhu (Sri Lanka)
* Tamil New Year, or Puthandu (India's Tamil Nadu state)
* Thai New Year, or Songkran, celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Thailand)
* Tuluva New Year, or Bisu (India's Karnataka state)
Slow Art Day -- a global all-volunteer event with the simple mission of helping more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art
Sommarsblot -- Ancient Norse Calendar (celebration of the coming summer, with sacrifices to the gods over the next several days; through Walpurgis/May 1)
Spring Hula Hooping Day -- try out the old hula hoop one more time, then toss it
St. Benezet's Day (Patron of bachelors, bridge builders; Avignon, France)
St. Lydwina of Schiedam's Day (Patron of ice skating/roller skating/skaters, prolonged suffering, sick people; Schiedam, Netherland; against bodily ills and sickness)
St. Peter Gonzalez's Day (Patron of boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen)
St. Tiburtius' Day (Considered the day the cuckoos return to England for the spring)
Takayama Spring Festival -- Takayama City, Japan (often considered one of the 3 most beautiful festivals in Japan; through tomorrow)
Thingyan -- Myanmar (Water Festival; through the Myanmar New Year on the 17th)
Yasurai Matsuri -- Imamiya Jinja, Kyoto, Japan (festival to prevent ill health)
Youth Day -- Angola
Birthdays Today:
Abigail Breslin, 1996
Sarah Michelle Gellar, 1977
Adrien Brody, 1973
Anthony Michael Hall, 1968
Greg Maddux, 1966
Cynthia Cooper, 1963
Robert Carlyle, 1961
Brad Garrett, 1960
Emma Thompson, 1959
Ritchie Blackmore, 1945
Julie Christie, 1941
Pete Rose, 1941
Loretta Lynn, 1935
Rod Steiger, 1925
John Gielgud, 1904
Arnold Joseph Toynbee, 1889
Anne Sullivan, 1866
Emperor Momozono, 1741
Christiaan Huygens, 1629
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Boys in the Band"(Musical), 1968
"Bye Bye, Birdie"(Musical), 1960
The Grapes of Wrath(Publication date), 1939
"Jeux d'enfants"(Ballet), 1932
"Murders in the Rue Morgue"(Publication date), 1841
American Dictionary of the English Language(Publication date), 1828
Today in History:
Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is wounded, BC 43
Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital with four Roman legions, beginning the Siege of Jerusalem, 70
Temur, grandson of Kublai Khan, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, 1294
The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid, 1434
Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush establish the first abolitionist society in the US, 1775
Napoleon calls for establishing Jerusalem for the Jews, 1799
Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary, 1828
The Donner Party departs Springfield, Illinois, 1846
Harriet Tubman begins her first Underground Railroad run, 1853
William Bullock patents the continuous-roll printing press, 1863
Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth, 1865
Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills, 1871
Canada passes the Dominion Lands Act, 1872
The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11:40pm and sinks 2 hours later, 1912
The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1927
The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press, 1939
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit, 1958
The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, at 1 kilogram, hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92, 1986
The most costly natural disaster in Australian history, a hailstorm, strikes Sydney, Australia, 1999
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%, 2003
The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County, 2005
Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway, 2010
The first-ever European MP's of Croatia are determined in an election held in anticipation of Croatia gaining formal entry into the European Union, 2013
Loved learning about the grateful Multitudes who live inside you.
ReplyDeleteGreat list of thankfuls. I am glad you have all these sides that make you a wonderful person. Have a great day! XO
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's my favorite side, precisely, but I am grateful for an intransigent sense of humor...
ReplyDeleteI'm so thankful for still having my friend Gerry. He had to have open heart surgery do to a mistake by a doctor in Windsor. He was rushed to London, Ont. and thanks to God he was saved and he's now back home with all of us. I visited him yesterday and he looks good and getting stronger each day. It will take him about 3 months before he can really get back to normal. Thanks to all my blogger friends who prayed for him. Thank you Mimi. See ya.
ReplyDeleteCruisin Paul
Oh yes, we all have many different sides! A great thankful post!
ReplyDeleteI love this thankful theme and it's perfect for "M" too! We do have many sides or facets, and often people are only aware of what's on the surface. I love the sides of you and how they all combine to make you so awesome! I am hoping that your children will reflect some of these qualities in their own lives as they grow and mature too. I like how you pointed out that some of our sides help us to learn, like patience and a positive attitude and knowing that perfection is impossible. I have also reached the age where I don't care much what people think about me, as long as I am ok with me and I do my best to be pleasing to God. Patience is a hard one, I am not so much that way, but I am still a work in progress, and I may get there yet! :-) I love your nurturing side and all the furry creatures that have been given a chance in life because of you! <3 Thank you for joining us each week at TToT, and for adding the linkup 5o your post so others can!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, it is like we are twins! Every characteristic you listed here I read with a Yes! in my brain. Wonderful post.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure, but you certainly seem well-rounded.
ReplyDeleteI like this post. That we all have many facets is, often, easier to recognize in others than ourselves. And, for each of these facets (as you list) is an outward-reaching effect of us on the world (and the people) around us.
ReplyDeleteNicely thought-provoking TToT!
You always figure out a way to get me thinking! The side of me I'm most thankful for is the one that listens and support people in my life. AS a side note, I never take sheets out of the dryer without thinking of you and being thankful there are no damp corners.
ReplyDeleteYou listed so many wonderful items of gratitude. I have reread it several times now.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your other lists too and learn new things each time, like what is alopecia and finding out there is a cow chip throwing championship contest.
Thank you for bringing us laughter as well as things of a more serious nature to consider.
Mimi,
ReplyDeleteGood list of many thanksgivings. I think the side I like the best about me is my sunny disposition. I prefer to see the upside instead of the downside of everything.:) Thanks for visiting my iPad Art Sketch'M' is for my favorite Monster A2Z post on Saturday, my friend. I'm playing catch up this morning after spending all weekend with DH. Have a good day and happy A2Zing!