Commemorative Days

Commemorative. Such a long word. (smile).
I was going through the newspapers and saw that there was a proposal to have a 'World Bacteria Day' to remind the public about life's unicellular origins.

Well, I am not going to write about the 'World Bacteria Day' but about Commemorative Days instead(hmm..nice word). There seems to be more and more 'special' days to remember than there are days in a year. What you have on your calender is only a few, selected for your own country but worldwide..just go to google and do a search..there seems to be more than you can count.

Let's see..yesterday (4th February) was the World Cancer Day. Upcoming, we have Valentine's Day on 14th February. Talking about love, there are also a Contraceptive Week (13 to 19 February) to remind youngsters not to go overboard during Valentine's Day, cat thinks so. There's also a Condom Week (8-13 May): must be because of the coming Spring time (laughing), Dating Day (Sept 24), Let's Talk About Sex Week (23-29 May) and a day called Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgenders Come Out from The Closet Day (Oct 11 & 12) and Orgasm Day (July 31).

On a more serious note, there's a World Hepatitis Day (May 19), Breast Cancer Awareness Day (Oct 13), World Diabetes Day (Nov 14), Autism Awareness Day (Apr 17), Brain Tumor Day (June 8) and lots more.

These days are made to remember and create an awareness to a cause. But there are just too many to remember. There are days for fathers, mothers, children, animals, pets and cats. Days to remember what we do not want to forget (war, 9/11) and people also that we would want to remember (MJ, Elvis, Diana). So, boss, please do forgive cat if an event slips out of the mind..and Cat has forgotten to google and update her calender yesterday (grins). At times, I do have dates in mind, but can't recall if today is Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

Why don't we just create another day on top of all those days, boss? (smile). We may start a new 'Commemorative Day' and set the trend worldwide. Problem solved. If not, I need a reminder to remind me to remind boss what special occasion falls on this date today. At least, be thankful, boss, that we all remember your birthday (even though we do wish we would forget to remember that).

P/S: Smile Day is on Oct 3rd and April Fool is of course on April 1st.
Have a happy day, regardless of what commemorative day it is today.