National Hot Air Balloon Day “Be the sunshine, and lift everyone up like a hot air balloon.” -Marisa Casciano

National Yo-Yo Day The largest yo-yo in the world weighs 4, 620 pounds and was created by Beth Johnson.  She demonstrated her yo-yo in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15, 2012.

National Cancer Survivor Day “You could say cancer treatment took part of you away, but in doing so it allowed a purer part of who you are to come to the surface.” -Saskia Lightstar, The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment

National Best Friend Day “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” -Anais Nin

National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day Strawberry Rhubarb Pie “It has a tart rhubarb base for the pucker And a sweet, red kiss of strawberry that brings me back For the next bite. It’s more Oscar Wilde than Marcel Proust, though I confess to having read neither- I just know it when I Taste it. Mustn’t…

National Herbs and Spices Day “Every healing begins in the kitchen, one spice at a time.”-Barbara O’Neill “Let your meals be your rituals, and your herbs your medicine.” -Barbara O’Neill

National CNA Day “One of the most important things we can do is to take care of each other.” -Oprah Winfrey

National Loving Day “When you are dealing with humanity as a family there’s no question of integration or intermarriage.  It’s just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.” -Malcolm X

National Sewing Machine Day “Sewing is a way to quiet the mind, to relax the body, and to feed the soul.” -Marie Bostwick’s

National Kids Day “Children are natural Zen masters; their world brand new in each and every moment.” -John Bradshaw

Nature Photography Day “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.” -Ansel Adams

National Fresh Veggie Day "The more colorful the food, the better: I try to add color to my diet which means vegetables and fruits." -Misty May-Treanor "Eat lots of fresh vegetables, drink water, exercise often, and meditate daily." -Gretchen Bleiler

National Root Beer Day “He felt around desperately for a weapon.  What did he have? Diapers? Cookies? Oh, why hadn’t they given him a sword?  He was the stupid warrior, wasn’t he? His fingers dug in the leather bag and closed around the root beer can.  Root beer! He yanked out the can shaking it…

International Sushi Day “Making sushi is an intricate dance; every movement matters.” -Nobu Matsuhisa

Juneteenth “It is not just a day of remembrance; it’s a day of action and purpose.” -Jamal Brooks

American Eagle Day “Eagles remind us to spread our wings and embrace our full potential, reminding us that we are meant to soar, not just survive.” -Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

International Yoga Day/Summer Solstice “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” -The Bhagavad Gita

National Kissing Day “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.  It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” -Judy Garland

National Hydration Day “Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium.  There is no life without water.”-Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

National Day of Joy “Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.  God loves a cheerful giver. She gives most who gives with joy.” -Mother Teresa “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”…

National Handshake Day “I must go to the washroom.  I’ve shaken a lot of hands.” -Yann Martel

National Food Truck Day “Food trucks give creative entrepreneurs the ability to cook with freedom and make what they love, meaning that they can create highly specialized meals without having the high overhead costs of running a restaurant.” -Homaro Cantu

National Bingo Day When the game reached North America in 1929, it became known as “beano.”  It was first played at a carnival near Atlanta, Georgia.  New York toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe named it “bingo” after he overheard someone accidentally yell “bingo” instead of “beano.” www.Thoughtco.com

National Tapioca Day “No matter your spiritual beliefs, if you hold any, the answer is the same: sometimes why is not knowable.  If you open the refrigerator door and a tub of Kozy Shack tapioca pudding tumbles out and splats open on the floor, you clean it.  You don’t stand there and question why it…

Hug Holiday “Sometimes a silent hug is the only thing to say.” -Robert Brault

National Meteor Watch Day “I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.  I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.  The function of man…