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Placing Flowers For All
In 1866, in the wake of our Civil War, the Ladies' Memorial Association in Georgia decided that they would designate a day to throw flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers. However, they didn't want it to be an isolated event, so they asked newspapers to share the idea.
People across the South followed their lead and rested flowers on the confederate graves, but some noticed interspersed union graves left empty, so they started placing flowers on these graves as well.
Their action was a ripple that got published everywhere and led to the creation of Memorial Day in 1868.
How To....
Our interest in discovering how to get things done goes back to the early blogging days of Buddha and his spiritual compatriots. From the Four Noble Truths to the Ten Commandments, they shared how to live an enlightened life, and today's how-to resources flood social feeds and best-seller lists.
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Mental Health Awareness Month
Despite all the fuffle in our Great Kerfuffle, the last two years have sparked many positive ripples like: Slaying the myth that WFH couldn't work Accelerating safe and effective preventive medicines Acknowledging that it's ok not to be ok Although we've made great strides in becoming more open about mental health, we need to keep pedaling. I see it with my story, as I publicly share my orthopedic and vascular challenges but have rarely discussed my depressive and PTSD symptoms from the early moments of my last bad day recovery. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and hopefully, it...
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