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Carol H Tucker
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the 3rd of May
Today is the 4th day of the 18th week, the 3rd day of the 5th month, the 123rd day of 2017, and:
- Buddah Day (Celebration Date) Note: Historical date is always April 8
- Garden Meditation Day
- Great American Grump Out Day -- refrain from complaining about anything…”no grumping, no frowning, no grousing, complaining, punching, slapping, hitting or killing” for 24 hours ((I blew this one on the way to work – ah the joys of commuting))
- International Day Against DRM
- National Anxiety Disorders Day
- National Day to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy
- National Lumpy Rug Day
- National Raspberry Popover Day
- National Specially-abled Pets Day
- National Textiles Day
- National Two Different Colored Shoes Day ((not celebrating this one today either))
- Paranormal Day
- Public Radio Day
- SAN Architect Day
- Sun Day -- designated by US President Jimmy Carter, specifically devoted to advocacy for solar power
- Wordsmith Day
- World Press Freedom Day
NOTE: For the Goya painting, see The Third of May 1808
Quote of the day:
“There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.”
~ William Barclay
ON THIS DAY: In 752 Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico assumed the throne. In 1715 a total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy. In 1802 – Washington DC was incorporated as a city. In 1913 Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, was released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry. In 1937 Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 1960 the musical "The Fantasticks" opened off-Broadway, beginning a record run of nearly 42 years. In 1978 the first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") was sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. In2000 the sport of geocaching began with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
Today while I was sitting in the living room, I glanced over and then I looked, really looked at my shelf and the picture of us – Frank, my daughter and I – in the Magic Kingdom, framed by a special fireworks Disney frame with the year 2004 emblazoned upon it. We three are standing there, Tinkerbell perched in my and my daughter’s hands and we are both beaming, Frank squinting slightly despite his sunglasses staring at the camera with his arms around both of us, Main Street activity and the castle behind us. I get up and walk over, picking up the picture, pushing the button that makes the fireworks glitter and just stare down, watching the play of colors around the frame. It is one of the last pictures taken of Frank and that little snippet of time frozen by the click of a camera shutter shows no indication that one month he would be gone. Tears well up as my throat tightens, overwhelmed by the thought of how much different life was thirteen years ago – I was married, on a career track to SVP with The Washington Savings Bank, driving a car my husband had picked out [Frank always got the new car] and living in Randallstown. Now I am widowed, have a job in a very small office [haven’t picked up an organizational development or management book in years], driving the first car I bought alone since I was 18, living in an apartment on the 20th floor near DC, and I am older than Frank was in that picture. Not only are my external circumstances vastly different, but I feel internally that I am a different person – I dress differently, I color my hair and keep it short, I take many more medications, I do not enjoy the same activities. Is that a result of the way my world shifted around me or the choices I made? I don’t know….and it bothers me a bit that I don’t. Would I go back to 2004 if I could step back into that picture, smile at the photographer and turn away to walk down Main Street? That is a tempting idea; I hesitate looking at Frank, missing him, but I think not. I put down the picture and turn away .
It is a lovely spring day today – brilliant sunshine, low humidity, temps right around 70 with a light breeze. The kind of day that makes you want to be outside even if you aren’t an outdoorsy type. Hereabouts we tend to go from damp and chilly straight into hazy hot humid weather, so it is nice to have at least one day of spring!
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