Well, here we are in October and the days will pass quickly as we get closer to October's grand finale - Halloween!! One of our neighbors, obviously ready to skip right to Halloween, has lavishly decorated their yard with skeletons and pumpkins and lots and lots of cobwebs strewn from tree to bush to tree and all across the front of the house. Not really my decorating style but certainly in keeping with the theme.
And this is all fine, but I think it's unfortunate to skip over so many other October holidays on the way to Halloween.
Take today for instance. October 2 is, among other things, "National Body Language Day," "National Name Your Car Day." and "World Smile Day." Each of these days is important to me personally.
I have been accused of using too much body language. It's true that I tend to wave my arms around when I talk, and everyone knows that I love a good hug. I can't think of any body language better than that, especially if it includes a kiss.
As for naming my car, I had some help with that. My faithful Fiat is blue, so when one of my granddaughters asked me (12 years ago when I bought it) what I was going to name my car, I said that I would just call it Blue. The same granddaughter then gifted me with a decorative plate for the front of my car. There was a space since Indiana only requires a license plate on the back of a car. The plate says "Nana's Blue." It's a little faded now but still quite legible.
As far as smiles are concerned, what a great way to brighten someone's day. I love it when people smile at me, sometimes they smile first, sometime they are responding to my smile, but it always cheers me, and hopefully them too. There's a reason why 'Smile Day' is a world wide celebration. Smiling is truly a universal language. And easy to learn. My seven month old great grandson has a wonderful smile.
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