The good thing about social distancing is that time seems to move slower. It’s no longer flying because we’re having so much fun. We made it to March 16, 2020 and we should all be grateful for that. I would love to be in a position to recall this time in my life from the vantage point of 2040. Today happens to be Act Happy Day (easy for me), Dribble to Work Day (I hope there’s a basket ball involved), Everything You Do is Right Day, Lips Day, National Artichoke Heart Day, Panda Day and St. Urho’s Day. It seems that when St. Urho was a young boy in Finland, he ate sour milk and fish soup and then chased the grasshoppers away saving the grape crop. Now you know. In 1802 on this day West Point is established through Congressional act. In 1830 on this day at the New York Stock Exchange it was the slowest day ever when only 31 shares were traded. In 1968 the My Lai massacre occurs when American soldiers kill 400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, in one of the most controversial incidents of the Vietnam War. This is the birthday (1926) of Jerry Lewis who said, “I get paid by doing what most kids get punished for”. I looked at the people who died on this date and couldn’t find anyone to pull a quote from so I’ll give you one from the author C. S. Lewis, ” We are what we believe we are.” With that, I’ll start living this day. Remember, no hugging, kissing, sneezing, coughing…. Abide.
