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Memorial Day, 2015

Memorial Day is one of those holidays in the U.S. that means something different to everyone.  To some, it is a chance to get together with friends and family, barbeque, celebrate a four-day work week, and take advantage of annual sales. For others, it marks an important time to honor lost family members and friends.  The holiday is a marker that reminds us that the people who have died in the armed forces were serving this country, and were real people with dreams and loved ones. We do not always take proper care of our veterans, and this day serves as a reminder of how much they contribute (and risk). 

However you spent your Monday, I hope you had a good one.

If you would like some more information on Memorial Day in the U.S., feel free to check out the Wikipedia page, as well as this article.

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Apparently, this is where my mind goes after obsessing about hedgehogs and nature scenes for a month...Good ole monsters, how I've missed you!

Thanks for stopping by!

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For My Mom

Did you know that in the early 1800s, "Mother's Day Work Clubs" helped fundraise for and assist people in their communities?  During and after the U.S. Civil War, Mother's Day events also centered around peace, familial reunification, and better sanitation in army camps.  For more information, feel free to check out Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, whose Work Clubs nursed and cared for soldiers from both armies.  And here is a link to Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day (Anti-War) Proclamation.

 

My Mom has been an activist all my life.  When I was little, I would often join her at her marches. The photo below is from a strike for AGSE.  A few years later, my mom happened to get a fortune cookie fortune that stated, "You are demonstrative with those how love."  A lover of puns and corny jokes, my mom stuck the fortune up on the photo of us at the march.  The two have been framed together ever since (sorry the glare is so bad!).

 

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!  Love you!

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