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THINGS YOU RARELY GET TO SEE

5/27/2022

This blog is taken directly from several websites that feature endless blogs on fascinating topics, including, on occasion, photographs of sights the average person ‒ and even the unaverage person ‒ rarely gets to see.

My thanks to the following sites, the sources of these unusual photographs. I am sharing them in the hope that my readers will visitthe sites themselves. These photos are only a taste.
boredpanda.com, brain-sharper.com, ebaumsworld.com, and happyfacts.me/news.

The text of Bored Panda reminds us “We often forget wh.com at a wondrous world we live in. While getting caught up in our hectic schedules makes us oblivious to things around us…” boredpanda.com/fascinating-rarely-seen-things/

Sometimes these photos are taken because someone just happens to be in the right place at the right time … fortunately with a camera capable to capturing the sight. Other shots have been in the making for some time. They are all things most of us would rarely have the opportunity to see, even in photographs. That’s saying a lot considering the times in which we live.

Photos from boredpanda.com: boredpanda.com/fascinating-rarely-seen-things/
The photographers are not specified with each photo. I believe they are submitted to Bored Panda from a variety of sources and rated for publication. Go visit the site.

▲ Bioluminescence phytoplankton ▲ Grains of salt under an ▲ When it is cold enough to see
in the Persian Gulf electron microscope the Melody

▲Sun Hitting Freshly-Paved Road just ▲Ice Eggs, a rare phenomenon that ▲ Butterfly with
right makes a real-life rainbow road occurs when ice is rolled over by wind transparent wings.
through polarized lenses and water (Northern Finland)

▲ Aspen forest, Colorado ▲ A 30-second long exposure of ▲ Truck Door Handle On A
airliner departing from runway. Frosty Morning

Photo By TV Technology News Photos From brain-sharper.com

▲UFO over BBC Building - June 27, 2011 ▲Sand grains from Hawaiian beach ▲Bashkir Curlies' unique gene is
London, England Magnified 100 to 300 times responsible for curly hair.
Image Credit: TV technology News

Photos From brain-sharper.com

▲Baikal Dzen is a rock on a lake. ▲ Cat named Soren has dreamy eyes ▲A split lobster is a half male, The Baikal lake freezes, rock sits of unusual blue. Soren in blind. half female. The condition called
on ice, rock warms in sun, sinks, gynandromorphy, occurs in one
lake freezes, etc. etc. etc.. in 50 million lobsters. Blue side is
female.

Photo From ebaumsworld.com

▲ A type of Sea slug that, like a ▲ A Sperm whale has sockets in ▲Closeup of an elephant’s tail
plant, uses photosynthesis to its jaw for its large teeth.
draw energy from the sun.

Photos From happyfacts.me

▲ An image of an ant’s face under ▲The skin shed by a lizard. ▲Inside your Bar-B-Q Grill
an electron microscope.

IT”S A MARVELOUS WORLD WE LIVE IN
Take some time a visit these sites. You’ll be amazed at what you find.

JUST SAYIN!
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Sources:
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/ufos-spotted-flying-over-the-bbc-building
https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/32-fascinating-things-you-rarely-get-to-see/85916369/

https://www.boredpanda.com/fascinating-rarely-seen-things/?fbclid=IwAR3auQ0QG8bnBuxwqvWN1tn-b-BBwEvl2Z8pQUwmCOgH2J02ypt_iaD4VeE&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

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https://www.happyfacts.me/news/18-photos-things-most-people-have-never-seen/

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”THE RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE OF ANTS" by Mark Twain: from “Behavior Readings In Organization And Human Performance”

5/20/2022

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Mark Twain, born Samuel Langehorne Clemens in 1835, was a famous American humorist and novelist who came to be considered a national treasure.

No change in the result: the 45 travelled back and forth in a hurry persistently and continuously visiting each fane, but never entering.

He captured world attention through his stories about boyhood adventure, the Mississippi River, his travels in the west, and humanist commentary.

A keen observer of human nature, he wrote probing commentaries on man’s faults, humorous but delving into the depths of human behavior, and was the first and foremost American realist and humanist.

Detail of photo by Mathew Brady, February 7, 1871.
Image Source: pbs.org/foodm/mark-twain

READINGS IN ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Ever since I was a kid, Mark Twain has been one of my favorite authors. I can’t tell you have many times I read “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” and the imaginative thinking it inspired.

Unfortunately, when I was young I never read much about Twain’s studies in human behavior, so when, as a professional architect and urban planner, I took a management class which included reading the book “Readings in Organization Behavior and Human Performance." I found there a piece by Mark Twain which I still cherish and want to share. I intend no offence to anyone or their religious preferences.

ON EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN by Mark Twain
"I constructed four miniature houses of worship and placed them in a row.
●a Mohammedan mosque,
●a Hindu temple,
●a Jewish synagogue,
●a Christian cathedral.

I then marked l5 ants («fourmis») with red paint and turned them loose. They made several trips to and fro, glancing in at the places of worship, but not entering. I then turned loose l5 more painted blue; they acted just as the red ones had done. I now gilded 15 and turned them loose.

No change in the result: the 45 travelled back and forth in a hurry persistently and continuously visiting each fane, but never entering.

This satisfied me that these ants were without religious prejudices -- just what I wished; for under no other conditions would my next and greater experiment be valuable.

I now placed a small square of white paper within the door of each fane.
● Upon the mosque paper I put a pinch of putty,
● Upon the temple paper a dab of tar,
● Upon the synagogue paper a trifle of turpentine,
● Upon the cathedral paper a small cube of sugar.

First I liberated the red ants. They examined and rejected the putty, the tar and the turpentine, and then took to the sugar with zeal and apparent sincere conviction.

I next liberated the blue ants, and they did exactly as the red ones had done. The gilded ants followed. The preceding results were precisely repeated.

This seemed to prove that ants destitute of religious prejudice will always prefer Christianity to any other creed.

However, to make sure, I removed the ants and put putty in the cathedral and sugar in the mosque. I now liberated the ants in a body, and they rushed tumultuously to the cathedral.

I was very much touched and gratified, and went back in the room to write down the event. But when I came back the ants had all apostatized and had gone over to the Mohammedan communion.

I saw that I had been too hasty in my conclusions, and naturally felt rebuked and humbled. With diminished confidence I went on with the test to the finish. I placed the sugar first in one house of worship then in another, till I had tried them all.

With this result: whatever Church I put the sugar in, that was the one the ants straightway joined.

This was true beyond a shadow of doubt, that in religious matters the ant is the opposite of man, for man cares for but one thing; to find the only true Church; whereas the ants hunt for the one with the sugar in it."

From Mark Twain, "On Experimental Design " in Scott W.K. and L.L.
Cummings, Readings in Organizational Behavior and Human
Performance, Irwin: Homewood, Ill., p.2, (l973)
Image Source: publicdomainpictures.net/mark_Twain

MARK TWAIN'S FIVE TIPS
These are ark Twain's five tips for living a "kick-ass life".

1. You only need your own approval - “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

2. Perceived difficulty or lack of ability is often all in your head - “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

3. Never take things too seriously, have fun with it - “Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.”

4. Rid yourself of angry thoughts - “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”

5. Recognize that the world doesn’t owe you anything - “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

JUST SAYIN!

Sources:
"Behavior Readings In Organization And Human Performance”
https://intellectualtakeout.org/2016/08/mark-twains-top-5-tips-for-living-a-kick-ass-life/
https://www.woodenbowties.com/blog/the-bow-tie-in-history-mark-twain/
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=261083&picture=mark-twain-vintage-photo
https://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/mark-twain-little-bill-fare/

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TODAY IS THE DAY: Superstitions

5/13/2022

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Do you avoid walking under ladders or opening umbrellas inside a building? There are some vey practical reasons for not doing either of those things. But what about sleeping with your feet towards the door, or cutting your fingernails in the evening?

If asked if you are superstitious, what would you say? If you say “no”, you’re probably not being completely honest with yourself.

BAD LUCK SUPERSTITIONS
Most superstitions deal with the hope of staving off bad luck and having good luck. This must reflect a basic human need. Every culture seems to have superstitions about days and numbers that are considered, lucky or unlucky. Fridays and the number thirteen have traditionally been tagged as bad luck in many Western countries, such as England, Ireland, Canada, Germany, and the US.

The exact origin of the superstition is unknown, but according to Mental Floss, it may stem from that being the day the Romans typically held crucifixions — and therefore is thought to be the day Jesus was crucified. But that is just one speculation.

BAD LUCK DAYS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Just as a sample, here are some other beliefs taken from rd.com/list/unluckiest-days-world/:

● China: April 4th
The Chinese word for the number four sounds remarkably like the word for death. (This is also true in Japan.) Therefore, April 4 ‒ 4/4 ‒ is the unluckiest day of the year.
● Greece: Tuesday the 13th
Greeks dislike Tuesday because their word for the day is Triti, which also means “third” ‒ and bad luck comes in threes. The culture’s dislike of the number 13 ‒ and Tuesdays ‒ stems from the fall of Constantinople, which apparently took place on Tuesday the 13th.
● Italy: Friday the 17th
For this superstition, we have to involve Roman numerals: 17 (XVII) is dangerously close to VIXI which means “I have lived” and implies death in the present. The Italian's bad-luck number seventeen has been around since the early Romans. I lived in Rome and know there are many buildings which do not have 17th floors a room #17 and so on.
● Japan: September 9th
In Japanese, the word nine sounds similar to the Japanese word for torture or suffering, making September 9 (or 9/9) a lousy day for a birthday.
● Spain: Tuesday the 13th
Like the Greeks, Spaniards really hold it against the Ottoman Turks, who took Constantinople on Tuesday the 13th during the Fourth Crusade. Martes, the Spanish word for Tuesday, comes from the god of war, Mars, adding to its ominous reputation.
● India: August 8th
Eight is the number of the Hindu god Shani, who happens to be the god of breakups and strife ‒ and he has a lethargic personality. That means 8/8 is an inauspicious date in Indian culture.

While all of these resonate like reasonable explanations, I can't help wondering if many of these bad-luck days are fairly recent in origin. The calendar that most of the world uses today has not existed from ancient times. The early calendars didn't have the same number of months as we do now, and they had different names, so how do we end up with the eighth day of the eighth month or the fourth day of the fourth month?

FRIDAY 13TH THEORIES and PRACTICES
In Ancient Times
● The word Friday represents the Norse goddess Frigg [Freyja or Freya], the goddess of love and war. She had many other talents as well. Some historians believe the Teutonic people called Friday unlucky because of Freyja, perhaps because one of her talents was magic.

Norse goddess Frigg [Freyja or Freya], Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533
Image Source: pinterest.com/pin/3729612165448912/ Image Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com/apologizing

● Some believe that the 13th, or Friday the 13th, was the day Eve tasted the forbidden apple from the Tree of Knowledge. I'm not sure how that figures, since humankind at the time didn't have a calendar with either Fridays or Friday the 13th, but what do I know?
● In the New Testament, thirteen people attended Jesus' last supper on Maundy Thursday, the day before Christ's crucifixion on Good Friday. Judas was the thirteenth to be seated.

● Numerology first appears in written records in Egypt and Babylon, and in numerology, the number 13 is considered unlucky. However, while 13 meant death to the ancient Egyptians, it was a joyous time when the person ascended into eternal life. Death was not considered bad luck to them.
● On Friday , October 13, 1307, officers of King Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the Knights Templar, a powerful religious and military order formed in the 12th century for the defense of the Holy Land. Imprisoned on charges of various illegal behaviors ‒ but in truth because the king wanted access to their financial resources ‒ many Templars were later executed. Some cite the link with the Templars as the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition, but like many legends involving the Templars and their history, the truth remains murky.

In The Middle Ages
●This is a more likely time for such superstitions to be tied to Christian beliefs surrounding the last supper and crucifixion.
● In the 14th century Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in his Canterbury Tales the first reference to Friday as being unlucky.
●While some historians point to evidence of both Friday and the number thirteen being considered unlucky, there are no references connecting the two before the 19th century.

In The Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
● Henry Sutherland Edward's 1869 biography of composer Gioachino Rossini, is credited with the first documented reference to Friday the 13th. According to Edwards, Rossini regarded Friday as an unlucky day, thirteen as an unlucky number, and died on a Friday, November 13, 1868. Actually, Italians consider 13 a lucky number. Go figure!

● Another early reference comes from a club [The Thirteen Club] formed by William Fowler, whose intention was to debunk the superstitions about the number thirteen as baseless.

The group dined regularly on the 13th day of the month in room 13 of the Knickerbocker Cottage, a popular watering hole Fowler owned from 1863 to 1883. Before sitting down for a 13-course dinner, members would pass beneath a ladder and a banner reading “Morituri te Salutamus,” Latin for “Those of us who are   William Fowler
about to die salute you.” Four former U.S. presidents joined the   Image Source:
Thirteen Club’s ranks at one time or another.    exemplore.com/The-Thirteen-Club

"REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP OF BAD LUCK"
Quote: Kathy Padden [todayifoundout.com]

Once the day Friday and the number thirteen combined, the superstition blossomed and filled much of the western world. Once singled out, it's easier to go hunting for bad things that happened on that date. Perhaps just as much bad luck occurs on other days and dates, but we're not looking at those.

WHY DO PEOPLE BELIEVE IN SUPERSTITIONS?
Off hand, most people might respond with one word. “Ignorance.” While that is a valid answer, it is not totally the case.

You would think that in these modern times when technical advancements are being made daily and knowledge is so easily available from all parts of the world, our enlightenment would take us beyond the realm of superstition, but belief in superstitions persists even today.

All of us, including the highly educated, to one extent or another believe in a few absurd superstitions. Sometimes, it’s just laziness that keeps us from studying the matter and finding the scientific explanation. Even when we know better, sometimes we acquiesce, at least minimally, with the comment “just in case” or “What can it hurt?”

Historically Speaking
From the dawn of human existence, people have held superstitious beliefs. These are the irrational beliefs that an object, action or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome… Beliefs that result from ignorance and fear of the unknown. Many superstitious practices are due to the false interpretations of natural events.

The influences most responsible for proposing and perpetrating superstitions are: Leaders/Governments, Elders / parents, Cultures, Imaginative stories, Scholars, myths and, as stated, misinterpretation of nature and real events.

Human possess a natural curiosity regarding all things that are hidden from us or are still in the future. We have to know. This trait leads us to fill in the unknown with our own explanations, usually ungrounded in reality or facts.

Types of Superstitions
There are basically three types of superstitions.
● Religious Superstitions
All religious beliefs and practices may seem superstitious to the person without religion. Most religions teach followers to believe in something they cannot perceive with human senses. The variety of superstitions is enormous.
● Cultural Superstitions
Every known civilization that ever existed on earth had something common in them ‒ the myths and superstitions that were a crucial part of their cultures. Nearly all cultures, throughout history, have held seriously irrational beliefs concerning methods of warding off ill or bringing good, foretelling the future, healing, and preventing sickness and accidents.
● Personal Superstitions
Again, curiosity and the need to know causes people to develop their own personal superstitions. If a student writes a good form of literary piece with a certain pen, from that moment the pen is lucky. Many people carry and believe in good luck charms.
Why People Tend To Become Superstitious?Many superstitions are widespread, such as associating good luck with a horseshoe. Others are peculiar to certain countries or regions.

A superstition is any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural, attributed to fate or magic, perceived as supernatural influence, or fear of that which is unknown. It is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, amulets, astrology, fortune telling, spirits, and certain paranormal entities, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific unrelated prior events.

Why would people today go for that?

● Stress and Fear of Unknown
Believe it or not, stress makes people “more superstitious”. First, people are always seeking a “reason” why things happen, particularly misfortunes. Superstitions can comfort people by blaming the misfortune on something they can’t control, often to cover their own mistakes, if they even realize they have made a mistake.

People are more likely to attribute an event to a superstitious cause if it is negative rather than positive. This is the kind of reaction the fuels conspiracy theories and leads people to “see” things that actually don’t exist.

● A Feeling of Lacking Control
Feeling of lack of control over their life encourages many people’s desire to impose their own order on the world. The less control people have over their lives, the more likely they are to try to regain control through mental gymnastics. Superstitions seem to satisfy some deep psychological need.

WHAT NOT TO DO ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH

● Don't cut your hair or someone in your family will die. [And you don't get to choose]
● Don't give birth. A child born on Friday the 13th will be unlucky for life.
● Don't set sail. Ships that set sail on Friday will have bad luck.

● Don't let a funeral procession pass you, or you will be next to die.
●Don't start anything that represents the beginning or start of a new venture.
● Don't get up for the first time on Friday if you have been ill.

● Don't start a trip or you will encounter misfortune.
● Don't move your residence on a Friday, or you won't stay in the new location very long.
● If you break a mirror, you will have seven years bad luck.

● Don't get married on a Friday.
● Don’t drop a dishcloth, or you will have bad luck.
●Don’t eat from the pot, or it will rain at your wedding ceremony. [That’s in case you decide to get married in spite of the warning. Besides, it's hard to imagine this being a problem.]

● And for goodness sake, don't invite 13 guests or sit 13 people at a dining table.

Others Bad Luck Superstitions
● If a dog howls at night, death is near.
● It is bad luck to see an owl in the sunlight.
● If a bat flies into your house it is bad luck. [I’m inclined to believe this one.]
● It is bad luck to open an umbrella in the house.
● It is bad luck to let milk boil over.
● Cutting your nails after sunset will bring bad luck.
● If you dream about a dog, you will have a lot of enemies.
● You have to get out of the bed on the same side you got in on or you will have bad luck.
● It is unlucky to rock an empty rocking chair
● If your left hand itches, you will lose money.
● If you sleep with your feet towards the door, a nightwalker will steal your soul.
● If you whistle at night, a nightwalker will come to your home.
● When a cat sneezes three times indoors, it will rain in 24 hours.
● If an owl hoots in your garden, it brings you bad luck
● If you leave a hat on the bed, someone will die.

And so on and so on. You've been warned!.

COME ON PEOPLE. GET A LIFE!
JUST SAYN!
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2022 Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101978806
https://whatculture.com/offbeat/the-truth-behind-10-common-superstitions
https://www.livescience.com/33507-origins-of-superstitions.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52696/why-friday-13th-considered-unlucky
https://www.rd.com/list/unluckiest-days-around-the-world/
https://www.destinationamerica.com/thehauntist/13-facts-about-friday-and-the-number-thirteen/
https://exemplore.com/legends/The-Thirteen-Club
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/apologizing-to-eve/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/3729612165448912/

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ORIGIN OF AMERICAN MOTHERS' DAY (It's not too late to read)

5/9/2022

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Every month there is a Somebody-or-others’ Day. This month it’s Mother’s Day. Don’t get me wrong! I’m certainly not against honoring ones’ mother and father or their grandparents or long-lost nephew. But sometimes it seems like these “honor days” are made up by florists, candy makers, and jewelers. I mean, the commercialization is somewhat off-putting.

Most of the time, however, there is a story behind the scene, sometimes hard fought, to make these official honor days come about.

FIRST ATTEMPTS
Worldwide there are many different forms of celebrating Mothers’ Day, with different origins and traditions. Today, many have been swayed by the American Mothers’ Day.

After the Civil War, women peace groups originally formed to bring together mothers whose sons had fought or died on opposite sides of the Civil War, made an attempt to establish a formal “Mothers’ Day” with the same purpose in mind.
◄ Ann Reeves Jarvis - Image credit : E-Wv, The West Virginia Encyclopedia
Image Source: wvpublic.org/radio/-ann-jarvis-born-in-virginia

In 1868, Ann Jarvis created a committee to establish a “Mothers’ Friendship Day” with the purpose of bring together families separated during the Civil War. Jarvis was an organizer, and had already been successful putting together “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” aimed at improving health conditions for both Union and Confederate military camps which were suffering an outbreak of typhoid. Jarvis wanted to expand this into an annual memorial for mothers, but died in 1905 before the idea had taken hold.

In 1872, Julia Ward Howe organized a “Mothers’ Day for Peace” event in Boston, which was accompanied by a Mothers’ Day Proclamation. The observance lasted about ten years in Boston under Howe’s supervision, but this effort also died out.
Julia Ward Howe ►
Image Source: explorepahistory.com/.php?imgId=1-2-158F

ANNA JARVIS
Meanwhile, Anna Jarvis, the daughter of Ann Jarvis, decided to continue her mother’s effort to have Mothers’ Day recognized as a national holiday. On May 10, 1908, Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton and in Philadelphia, launching the observance of a general memorial day for all mothers, making Andrews the mother church of Mothers’ Day.

In her campaign to have Mother's Day recognized as a national holiday, Anna called on clergymen, business leaders and politicians for help.

They succeeded and, in 1914, the U.S. House and Senate approved a resolution proclaiming the second Sunday of May as Mother's Day. President Woodrow Wilson endorsed it, and Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan proclaimed it.
◄ Anna Jarvis
Image Source: wesa.fm/arts-sports-culture/anna-jarvis

BITTER REGRETS
Before long, Jarvis became embittered by the commercialization of the holiday, and in 1923 filed a lawsuit to stop a festival. She was arrested for disturbing the peace at a war mothers' convention where women sold white carnations - Jarvis' symbol for mothers - to raise money.

She spent the rest of her life going after those who she believed commercialized the holiday and took away its real meaning. Jarvis she had nearly three dozen Mother’s Day-related lawsuits pending, including one against a nonprofit organization run by the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Obviously confused and annoyed, Roosevelt told the New York Times that “I think (Jarvis) misunderstands us. She wanted Mother’s Day observed. We want it observed, are working for its observance and are really aiding her.”

Jarvis also went after the US Postal Service because they issued a Mother’s Day stamp featuring a white carnation, which she thought was a blatant advertisement for the floral industry.

According to Wikipedia, “When she died in 1948 …. at age 84, Jarvis had become a woman of great ironies. Never a mother herself, her maternal fortune dissipated by her efforts to stop the commercialization of the holiday she had founded, Jarvis told a reporter shortly before her death that she was sorry she had ever started Mother's Day.”

A SAD STORY
Anna Jarvis’s story is, indeed, a sad one. Today, Jarvis would have a real fit.
I agree with Eleanor Roosevelt. Both Jarvis’ wanted us to honor our mothers for everything they are to all of us, and that is what most of us want to do. Yes, everything is too commercialized, but that still doesn’t spoil the meaning. Besides, each of us as individuals don’t have to take part in that and, just maybe, a bouquet of flowers is what mother wants.

JUST SAYIN!
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Note: Just out of curiosity, I made a list of the official honor days I could find easily.
January 24       National Poverty in America Awareness Day
January 26       National mentoring day
February 4       National Nieces' Day
March 4           Employee Appreciation Day
April 4              National School Librarian Appreciation Day
April 10            Sibling Day
April 16            Librarian appreciation day
April 18            Own worst Enemy Day
April 25            National Hairstylist Appreciation Day
April 27            Administrative Professionals Day (previously Secretaries Day)
June 5             Pet Appreciation Day
June 8             National Best Friends Day
June 19           Fathers Day
July 24             Parents’ Day
July 26 National Aunt and Uncle Day
August 17        Baby Boomers Recognition Day
August 17        National Black Cat Appreciation Day
August 26        Dog Appreciation day
September 11 Grandparents Day
October 1        International Day Of Older Persons
October 5        Teachers’ Day
October 9        Pastor Appreciation Day
October 17      National Boss’ Day
November 20 Universal Children's Day
And many more

Sources:
https://www.vox.com/2015/5/10/8575869/mothers-day-anna-jarvis-founding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_(United_States)
https://www.wvpublic.org/radio/2019-09-30/september-30-1832-social-activist-ann-jarvis-born-in-virginia
http://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=1-2-158F
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/04/origin-of-mothers-day/
https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/stories/history-mothers-day-ancient-egypt-modern-times
https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/stories/history-mothers-day-ancient-egypt-modern-times
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/sam-rohrer/biblical-reasons-honor-mom-mothers-day

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