Anniversaries

There are lots of anniversaries that come to be part of our lives - both personal and less so. There are nice ones to remember and not so nice ones to remember. Even the ones that are more difficult make us stop and remember.

As the 1st anniversary of my retirement approaches, I remember my work career and important dates - when I started my government career,when I moved to my 2nd and final job - it lasted a long time but there was lots of changes.

I remember the date I bought my first car.

I remember the day I bought my house and the day I took possession of the house.

I also need to remember my dad and my mom on the anniversaries of their deaths. I can understand why it is a tradition to put flowers on the altar at church and remember loved ones in that specific way.

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I know that some of this remembering of anniversaries was prompted by news items and not just September 11th.

Princess Diana's death.

Hurricane Katrina.

The Swissair airplane crash off Nova Scotia.

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My blog will always have lots of remembering of events - I started with one for a stuffed animal who was an important part of my life.