My west coast brother sent me a long list of special days celebrated today including Crawfish Cravers, Alien Abduction and Nowruz (the Persian new year which marks the start of spring), and World Story Telling Day. I do like the idea of the new year starting with spring because, let's be honest, that is when everything comes alive. But the one that appealed to me most is National Wellderly Day, always celebrated on the third Monday in March. It was started, as you might guess, to celebrate senior mental and physical (and financial) wellness. When I Googled it I discovered that this is also Wellderly Awareness Week. So you have all week to appreciate the good stuff in your lives. Of course we should be celebrating the positives all the time but it's good to have a reminder now and then. I have never liked the term elderly, it sounds so old. But wellderly has a much more positive spin. Of course youthful would be even better but, hey, that ship has sailed.
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