On This Day – April 28th … Strange Holidays
International Astronomy Day
Great Poetry Reading Day
Kiss Your Mate Day
National Superhero Day
National BraveHearts Day
Worker’s Memorial Day
National Blueberry Pie Day
What a mix. From super hero’s to pie. But being a super hero doesn’t mean you can be a Flash, Iron Man or Supergirl. It means showing your child the importance of having heroes and being a hero to others. That may even include baking a blueberry pie and giving it to a complete stranger.
Let me get started.
National BraveHearts Day
Fighting cancer is extremely hard at the best of times; imagine if you were doing it alone! Now imagine how much worse this situation is for a child who is affected. Families dealing with pediatric cancer need all the support and love they can get.
Amy and Jeremy Jacobs knew how lonely this fight could be; after all, they had been through this exact situation when their toddler was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma brain tumor. To help and support others like them who were faced with a pediatric cancer diagnosis, they launched the BraveHearts For Kids organization. They offer help, support, guidance, and resources completely free of cost and use all the money from individual contributions across various support programs.
This organization founded National BraveHearts Day to help people recognize the kids, parents, loved ones, and others who care for these heroes. Now, each year, April 28 is observed as National BraveHearts Day.
International Astronomy Day
Grab your telescope, look for a dark place and pray for know clouds, as Astronomy Day is upon us. It is a day to look up to the stars. It was established to promote astronomy to the general public. Astronomy clubs and groups use this day to help teach the people about the stars, and other celestial bodies in the universe. These groups take advantage of this day to offer people a view of the stars through a telescope, if possible.
There is also an Astronomy Week. It begins the Monday before Astronomy Day.
Today is truly an Astronomical day.
Astronomy Day was created in 1973. It was started by Doug Berger, president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California. His reason in creating this day, is to promote a greater education and understanding of the wonders of the universe.
… and I would imagine even the wonders in a universe yet to be discovered.
"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards
and leads us from this world to another.”—Plato
Kiss Your Mate Day
Today is a perfect chance to smooch with your partner, as if you need an opportunity to share a kiss or two with the one you love. With spring in the air, April is an appropriate time for Kiss Your Mate Day.
Some people may ask "why do you need a holiday to kiss your mate?" Others say "every day should be Kiss Your Mate Day." Unfortunately, researchers tell us that kissing, an important part of romance and intimacy, is the first thing to go in a relationship. If you don't currently kiss your mate every day, use today to re-establish kissing in your life.
And guys, after you kiss her, read her some poetry.
"You can't blame gravity for falling in love."—Albert Einstein
Great Poetry Reading Day
Yesterday and now today, and already I see another challenge forthcoming.
Today is in honor of some of the world’s really great verse.
There's lots of poetry out there. Some good, and some, not so good. Today is intended to read the world's greatest poetry.
With so many forms of poetry to choose from, no one is limited. You can choose from the sonnet, shi, villanelle, tanka, haiku, ode, and ghazal. There are also different genres of poetry including narrative, epic, dramatic, satirical, lyric, elegy, verse fable, prose, and speculative poetry.
Some of the well-known, great poets include William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, and T.S. Eliot, just to mention a few.
Who will you read today?
More Strange Holidays Coming!