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not Peter Pan
[or even one of the lost boys or girls]
Today is the 4th day of the 16th week, the 18th day of the 4th month, the 108th day of 2018 [with 250 shopping days left before Christmas], and:
- Adult Autism Awareness Day
- Independence Day: Zimbabwe from the United Kingdom in 1980.
- International Amateur Radio Day
- National Animal Crackers Day -- since their start in 1903, there have been 37 different animals included in Barnum's Animal Crackers
- National Lineman Appreciation Day – this is a tough job and very physical. My maternal grandfather was a lineman until he suffered a massive heart attack and had to retire, dying two years before I was born.
- National Stress Awareness Day [always the day after Income Tax Payment Day in the US]
- National Velociraptor Awareness Day – a holiday that seemingly was born of social media
- Newspaper Columnists' Day
- Pet Owners Independence Day
- World Amateur Radio Day
- World Heritage Day [AKA International Day for Monuments and Sites]
On this day in ...
1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
1738 – Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
1775 - Paul Revere began his ride from Charlestown to Lexington warning American colonists that the British were coming.
1912 – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
1923 – The first baseball game was played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, with New York beating the Boston Red Sox 4-1.
1925 – The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
1930 – The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
1946 - The League of Nations went out of business.
1955 - the human race got a little dumber as eminent scientist Dr Albert Einstein dies in hospital aged 76.
2011 - Standard & Poor's lowered its long-term outlook for the U.S. government's fiscal health from "stable" to "negative" citing governance and policy-making stability as well as revenues
2012 - Dick Clark, the TV host and producer who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand" and rang in the New Year for the masses at Times Square, died at age 82.
Quote of the day:
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”
~ Max Lerner, Russian-born American journalist and educator known for his controversial syndicated column
I remember the specific turning point when I grew up, although surprisingly, I don’t remember the exact date although I know it was in the fall of 1972. I had married in August and a month later we decided to use the rhythm method of birth control because I had to go off the pill due to hypoglycemia and my husband didn’t want to use condoms [saying it would be like taking a shower with a raincoat on]. I missed my next period and went to the gynecologist who informed me my cervix was blue, which meant I was pregnant and due on July 4th [Tom arrived on the 14th]. I remember sitting in his office just staring at Dr Beck as the realization washed over me that I was now and for the next 18+ years totally responsible for a life I was going to bring into this world. At that moment, I could actually feel the doors slamming shut behind me and I knew I was now irrevocably an adult. There was no going back -- I could only move forward into this new role. In some ways that realization that I had to grow up caused the subsequent divorce from the baby’s father. Bob just never seemed to me that he grasped how profoundly life had shifted for me and I became increasingly impatient at his immaturity and lack of comprehension thateverything had changed. Bob, of course, was infuriated and frustrated that I had changed from the impulsive girl he married into this woman so concerned with planning and detail -- and the differences became irreconcilable.
OTOH: I think “growing up” gets a bad rap as it seems to have become synonymous with not being able to play anymore, or to be so steeped in “real life” as to deny fantasy, stifle imagination, and plod through everyday living without dancing [either literally or figuratively]. OTOH: I think too much about consequences and am too aware of irrevocable choices to be truly impetuous anymore, and I miss that quality of spontaneity.
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