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So what do you know about the month of April? It’s a very interesting month. April is the month we celebrate Earth Day. April 22nd this year. This is our chance to try to give back to Mother Nature that which we have so cravenly and callously taken away from her. Ideally, Earth Day should be celebrated every day. You can do this on your own. You don’t need a national day to be kind to your Mother. Here are some tips to help you be kinder to our Mother. She needs us as much as we need her.
·-Plant trees. Plants give off carbon dioxide which gives us oxygen. Trees help cut down on erosion and of course give the birds and squirrels and all tree-dwellers a place to live.
·-Walk or ride your bike - If you don’t have a long distance to travel, try riding your bike or walking instead of getting in your gas guzzling car. Try to help reduce our dependency on foreign oil.
·-Save electricity - turn off the lights when you leave a room, also the TV and radio. Our former President Lyndon Johnson was notorious for turning off the lights in the white house, so much so that he was nicknamed Light bulb Johnson.
·-A biggie is to turn that faucet off while brushing your teeth. You can save an average of 9 gallons of water by doing this. Keeping in mind the poor people in Africa who quite often don’t have any potable water, is one way to help you to do this. Guilt works every time. Turn that faucet off.
·-Whatever you can do will be a help. Look around you and determine what you can do to
Be Kind To Your Mother!
·-Remember the three R’s - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
It’s been estimated that the American people make about 1,500 pounds of trash each year. Where does this trash go? We throw it “away.” Where is away? Away is anywhere not near you. Remember NIMBY - Not in my back yard! But “away” is in somebody else’s back yard. It is in Mother Earth’s backyard. So let’s keep it clean. The next time you’re tempted to throw your cigarette out of your car window, keep in mind how long it will take for those filters to degrade, not to mention how ugly it makes our roads look, and more importantly, the possibility of starting wildfires.
There are so many ways in which you can help our Mother. Be proactive. Teach this lesson to your children. You can leave a good legacy. You don’t have to be wealthy to leave a good legacy. Just by doing the right thing will help us and help future generations.
April not only has Earth Day and Easter, but the month of April is a very interesting month filled with unusual celebrations, most of which are unknown to most people.
Without listing all of the unusual holidays in April, for that would be a formidable task, let’s just take a look at some of the really bizarre ones. If you like to have an excuse to open up a bottle of bubbly, April will give you plenty of them. Here, then are some of the more entertaining ones that I found.
April 1st - April Fool’s Day - “The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.” - Mark Twain
April 3rd - Don’t go to work unless it’s fun day. Sounds good to me.
April 4th - Tell a lie day. Please limit yourself to just this one day.
April 6th - Sorry Charlie Day. This, I discovered is for those who have been rejected and lived through it.
April 7th - No housework day. This is one I’d like to see celebrated 365 days a year.
April 9th - Winston Churchill and Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis Day. What? How can there be a national day for yours truly? Because this day is also Name Yourself Day. So it can be Suzy Smith’s Day or John Doe’s day too. So this is your day, celebrate it and hoist a few for me too because it’s also my day.
April 11th - Eight Track Tape Day. Really? Really! Does anyone really have any eight track tapes in their possession? Hmmmm, might be something to sell on Ebay.
April 13th -Blame somebody else day. I can wrap my mind around this one. Although truth be known I don’t think I limit this day to just the 13th!
April 20th - Look alike day. Ok I want to look like Angelina Jolie. Please somebody give me instructions on how to accomplish this one.
April 22nd - Earth Day - turn it into a year long celebration.
April 23rd - World Laboratory Animal Day - not a day to celebrate, but should be a day of mourning. Why not a Rescue a Lab Rat Day?
April 27th - Tell a story day - a good one for all good little AC writers. Lift your glass to this one.
April 28th - Kiss your mate day - Gee, only one day set aside for this? No wonder the national divorce rate is over 60%.
April 30th - National Honesty Day. Here is your chance to make up for April 4th.
April is also International Guitar Month. So get out your guitar and do your best Jimi Hendrix impression.
Another monthly celebration for April is Keep America Beautiful Month - I vote for this to be extended to all 12 months, not just April.
A rather bizarre celebration for April is National Anxiety Month. Now does this mean that we should all be anxious during April? Why? Ahh, I get it. April is when we pay our Income Taxes. Of course, it makes sense now. But April being a strange little month, it not only is National Anxiety Month but also National Humor Month! So we get to laugh at our anxiety-ridden friends?
What is it with April? I always thought it was a nice little month that came along to soothe our frazzled nerves after a dreary winter and to portend the glorious days of spring lying just around the corner. As it turns out, April is quite a capricious little month.
Enjoy your April days. Be Kind to your Mother and keep in mind that April is also Uh-Huh Month. Whatever that is!
Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis is the author of the book “I Am Your Disease (The Many Faces of Addiction)” published by Outskirts Press. You can read about, and purchase the book at http://www.iamyourdisease.com
I am a retired medical transcriptionist and radio DJ who also did voiceovers for TV. Married, with one living son, having lost my youngest son Scott, who was a paramedic and an RN to the disease of addiction. Happily married for 40 years to Jack, 8th grade science teacher. My oldest son Dale is soon to be a graduate student in Ecology and Environmental Biology.
We live in Palm Bay, Florida. I am originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and am a citizen of both Australia and the US. We are owned by one dog and two cats!