It’s early in the morning of December 8th, 2022. We have a day we can fill up with anything we like ahead of us. Will you decide what goes into your jar or will you let someone else fill it up for you? I try to fill mine with the good stuff. I’m not always successful but it’s always my plan. Today is Take it in the Ear Day, National Christmas Tree Day, Pretend To Be a Time Traveler Day, National Lard Day, and National Brownie Day. I vote for brownies. Now some history: On this day in 1776 George Washington and the colonial army in retreat crossed the Delaware River to escape from New Jersey. On this day in 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for reconstruction of the South. This is the day in 1886 that 26 craft unions formed the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and elected Samuel Gompers their president. In 1915 on this day John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” was published. It’s short and powerful. You should read it. On this day in 1936 the NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers. On this day in 1966 the US and USSR signed a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space. On this day in 1980 John Lennon was murdered in New York City. He left us way too soon. Here are a few of his quotes: “My teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “Happy”. She told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told her she didn’t understand life.” “Count your age by friends, not years. County your life by smiles, not tears.” “Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friends.” “It matters not who you live, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love. It matters only that you love.” A good place to end this post. Abide.
