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It is not a strain to say some weeks of the year are harder to get through because of the memories associated with the dates.
This is one of those weeks.
Yesterday, [<—link] if things had turned out differently, we would have celebrated her 29th birthday.
Instead, i simply went to work as if nothing had ever happened.
But it did.
The biggest strain is simply staying silent and doing what needs to be done, anyway.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Strain.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
There really is no need to stare,
We should all tone our derrière!
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My buddy and I work out together,
sometimes indoors, because of the weather.
Sometimes we're outside, but either way,
we strive to stay fit, every day.
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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful Ebenezer, a cat at the shelter, having a very hard time adjusting, has mostly quit hissing at me and even gave me a slow blink back when i carefully changed his water and talked to him very softly and slow blinked to him.
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Today is:
Barbershop Music Appreciation Day -- anniversary of the founding of Sweet Adelines International
Beans and Franks Day
Embrace Your Geekness Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, celebrate your love of online dungeon games, comic books, or dressing up like a vampire
Feast of Kalimat (Words) -- Baha'i Faith
Fool's Paradise Day -- a day to figure out how a fool can achieve paradise? or how it can be paradise if it is full of fools?
Go West Day -- commemorates Horace Greeley's "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."
Gruntled Workers Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays; those of us who are gruntled, as opposed to the disgruntled, should unite and pass along some "great work" compliments to those doing a good job
International Puzzle Day -- some sites say Jan. 29, but today is Erno Rubik's birthday
La Retraite Aux Flambeaux -- France (night watch, before Bastille Day)
National French Fries Day
Obon (Ulambana) -- Buddhist; Shinto (Festival of the Lanterns, a time of honoring the ancestors, a reunion of them with the living; through the 15th, although Obon festivals are held on various dates in July at temples throughout the world)
Oregon Trail Days -- Gering, NE, US (the oldest continuing celebration of the Oregon Trail; through Sunday)
Statehood Day -- Montenegro
St. Henry the Emperor's Day (Patron of childless people, disabled people, dukes, handicapped people, kings, people rejected by religious orders, physically challenged people; Bamberg, Germany; Basel, Switzerland; Benedictine Oblates; against sterility)
St. Joel the Prophet's Day (Old Testament prophet of the Book of Joel)
Birthdays Today
Anthony Jerome “Spud” Webb, 1963
Cameron Crowe, 1957
Jane Hamilton, 1957
Michael Spinks, 1956
Louise Mandrell, 1954
Cheech Marin, 1946
Erno Rubik, 1944
Harrison Ford, 1942
Roger McGuinn, 1942
Robert Forster, 1941
Patrick Stewart, 1940
Jack Kemp, 1935
Wole Soyinka, 1934
David Storey, 1933
Bob Crane, 1928
Dave Garroway, 1913
Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1821
Julius Caesar, BC100
Today in History
Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas, 1772
William Wordsworth, on a walking tour through the Wye Valley, visited the ruins of Tintern Abbey and a few miles further on composed a poem about them, 1798
Greek War of Independence: Greeks defeated Ottoman forces at Thermopylae, 1822
Henry R Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi River, 1832
After 9,957 unnumbered patents, the U.S. Patent Office issues Patent No. 1, for locomotive wheels, 1836
Queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live at Buckingham Palace in London, 1837
First day of the New York Draft Riots in response to President Abraham Lincoln's Enrolment Act of Conscription, 1863
Horace Greeley publishes his editorial advising young men to "Go West, young man, go west and grow up with the country," 1865
PT Barnum's American Museum was destroyed in one of the most spectacular fires in New York City's history, 1865
Gold was discovered near Cochrane, Ontario, Canada, 1909
The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight, 1919
Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in, 1973
The Live Aid benefit concert, a telecast fundraising concert for famine relief in Ethiopia, was held in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow, 1985
American Thoroughbred racehorse Cigar wins his 16th consecutive top-class race, the first horse to do so since Triple Crown winner Citation, 1996
Researchers reveal two studies showing the antiretroviral drugs prescribed to treat AIDS can also prevent HIV infections, 2011
The Eurozone countries agree to a conditional deal to lend €86bn over 3 years if Greece passes reforms, 2015
Drought helps to reveal the outline of a previously unknown 5,000-year-old henge at New Grange, Ireland, 2018
According to the Interagency Fire Center, the fire season in the western US has started unprecedentedly early, with 67 large fires and nearly 918,000 acres reported burnt already, 2021
Huge gentle hugs.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very sad story, I can't imagine going through all that and then having more children. I'm a big fan of contraception.
ReplyDeleteNow that's an elaborate fence. Difficult to paint.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Praying for you.
ReplyDelete:And sometimes I feel like my arms will break from the weight of the empty air they hold when they reach for her."...
ReplyDeleteAwww, huge hugs to you. Staying silent and holding it all in for yourself is so hard. That is when Mom says we pups are the best because she can talk to us about it, cry on us, and cuddle with us. Sorry for that sadness you have to carry.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts are with you and your family.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we hold in the pain because it seems overwhelming. Other times we find there are those who can, sometimes, share it and ever-so-slightly diminish the ache.
ReplyDeleteYour six sentence story with Yesterday was heartwarming and heartbreaking. I had not known this.
ReplyDeleteYou have more poetry in your little finger, than I have in my whole me. Thank you for making me think.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on getting Ebenezer to "warm up" to you. Not always easy!!!
Oregon Trail days celebration, but not in Oregon. Okay... ? ;)
Glad Ebenezer has you in his life ~ you are an angel to many ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I'm fortunate to never have gone thru such tragedy. I have no children, but I never had one to lose. You are a strong woman even if you are tiny,lol. I do appreciate what you tell of your hard days work each day and undying belief in our Maker.
ReplyDeleteBig hugs, Mimi. I hadn't known about your child-bearing problems or your precious unborn daughter who you lost. I'm so sorry for your loss. Life can be awfully hard, especially on the days we feel alone in our pain. Thinking of you, my friend.
ReplyDeleteGreat poem. Sending you hugs on this sad anniversary. XO
ReplyDeleteThat's very sad. Hugs from all of us too. I do hope that Ebenezer adjusts, shelter life is tough. Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteMany hugs to you.
ReplyDeleteLove both of your poems - especially the "couplet" - you are so talented my friend. I also took time to read the story of the loss of your unborn daughter - I can't tell you how it touched me.....I was unable to have children due to cancer at an early age but I could feel your frustration, confusion, pain, longing, disappointment your descriptions of feelings was so clear and poignant. There are times in our lives when we simply don't understand why things have gone in the direction they do.....I've felt that many times myself. I just tell myself because it taught me something about life and most of all about ME. Thanks for sharing........and thanks for being our friend at One Spoiled Cat.
ReplyDeleteLove, Pam (and Teddy)
My heart aches for you, my friend! Sometimes, all we have to lean on is God and our faith. Keeping on is the best way to pay tribute to your sweet girl! <3
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