October 10, 1974 - 45 days after I was born - Sarah was born. Our parents had double dated, been in each other's weddings, pregnant Mama's rubbed their bellies together. We were the kind of family that can be deeper than blood.   Today Sarah would be 41 years old. (For Sarah's story click here .) I will celebrate her life by drinking an Arnold Palmer, baking her scone recipe, and watching a few episodes of The Office, the last show she loved to watch before she flew away to be with Jesus. Oh I'll probably run the vacuum too, she LOVED to vacuum - for real!  I love you Sarah.  World Porridge Day In America we generally call it oatmeal, other countries call it porridge. Doesn't matter what it's called, it's just yummy!  I am a big fan of oatmeal, I know lots of people who have texture issues with it - I'm so sad for them!  :)  And I have only ever made porridge with oatmeal but I have learned that it can be other grains and cereals - yay! I lo...

National Comic Book Day A History of the Comic Book Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Comic Book Artist Comic Genres The only comic books I have ever read or been interested in were Archie and his Friends . How about you? One-Hit Wonder Day   Find your favorite one-hit wonder The 25 Most Loved One-Hit Wonders Ever One-Hit Wonders are fun. Fun while they are the hit and fun later on to laugh about. What's your favorite one-hit wonder, then and now? Psychotherapy Day The History of Psychotherapy How do you celebrate this day? Understanding psychotherapy and how it works Hug a Vegetarian Day Why hug a vegetarian?

Hug Holiday Hugs for Health, physical and emotional/mental.  Yes really! The healing power of touch  Camera Day The History of the Camera The Top 50 Most Popular Digital Cameras The Best Camera Brands - Film and Digital Waffle Iron Day Not just for waffles anymore! 23 Recipes for the Waffle Iron 20 Delicious Reasons Why You Need a Waffle Maker Almond Buttercrunch Day Homemade Recipe Please Take My Children to Work Day Or please just take my children? haha!

Hug Your Cat Day Um, I can't - I'm allergic.  But go ahead and hug yours and someone else's! Tailors Day Two things that immediately come to mind when I hear the word tailor. Here's the first one, for a laugh... The second one is more serious.  While they aren't called tailors I think of the thousands of people working for next to nothing and in some cases by force to make clothes for developed countries to purchase and wear.  These factories are called sweatshops, a slang term for the kind of environment these people work in. While the majority of underdeveloped countries have the largest number of sweatshops there are still ones in existence in developed nations like the U.S. Here are 11 facts about sweatshops you and I need to be aware of 10 Major Clothing Brands That Use Sweatshops Keeping a closet sweatshop free is difficult but here's 5 tips to get us started School yourself and then make a change .  Even one change can make a difference and a...

Holy Experiment Day Religious Diversity: A “Holy Experiment” in Colonial America William Penn: The first founder of holy experiments. Yes, he still excluded some people/people groups but it was the start and a step in the right direction of diversity. (P.S. Is it just me or does he also look like the poster "boy" for Quaker Oats?!) I think this day could be tricky. Years ago my brother prayed a very specific request to God and it wasn't answered - either at all or according to how my brother was hoping. So his 'holy experiment' failed and he decided God wasn't all that real. Yes, he and I have had the talk about his request. Perhaps it wasn't something that would be beneficial to his life, even though he thought so.  Perhaps it wasn't something that would grow him as a human, even though he thought so.  He didn't like my seemingly 'textbook' answers and so we arrived at an impasse. In Isaiah God has this to say about our requests versu...

National Hugging Day 10 Reasons Why We Need at Least 8 Hugs a Day 7 Reasons Why We Should Be Giving More Hugs I have a couple of friends who don't like hugs.  In fact, this little cartoon perfectly describes them: But even those friends will search me, and others, out for a hug every now and then.  Hugs are part of a relational life.  Even my friends who don't like them need the benefits that hugs provide from time to time. I am okay with hugs. Mostly women and children, a few men outside of the ones I am married to or related to.  The men I do hug that I'm not related to by marriage or blood are men that I feel safe with and/or that I know my hug wouldn't be misinterpreted by anyone, including them.  That man-woman thing gets tricky.  :) Once I learned this fact about hugs, I started trying to hang on to my recipients a little longer. Do you know how long 20 seconds is?!  A long time and in our culture it causes a bit of dis...