August 2017 Mental Health Awareness
Monday, July 31, 2017 94 Comments
Special days & weeks in August
Along with Advocacy & Awareness
for mental health related issues
(and a calendar for the month!)
by Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CTP, CMC, ACT, MCC, SCAC
Part of the ADD/ADHD Cormidities seriesWE are the cure. Found HERE
Online Marketing Gurus extol the effectiveness of piggy-backing posts onto particular events – how about one or several of the ones below?
They make GREAT, positive writing prompts!Mark your blogging calendars!
Many days of the year have been set aside every month to promote awareness or advocacy of an issue, illness, disability, or special-needs related cause.
In addition to a calendar for the current month, each Awareness post attempts to offer a list highlighting important days and weeks that impact and intersect with mental health challenges — reminders for health problems that intersect, exacerbate or create additional problems with cognition, mood, memory, follow-through and attention management.
If I’ve missed anything, please let me know in a comment so that I can add it to the list below.
I pray that 2017 is the year
when EVERYONE becomes aware of
the crying need for upgraded mental health Awareness —
and FUNDING – so that things begin to change rapidly.Stay tuned for more articles about Executive Functioning struggles and management throughout the year (and check out the Related Posts for a great many already published).
Remember: If you write (or have written) an article that adds content to any of these categories,
feel free to leave a link in the comment section and I will add it to the post’s Related Content.IMPORTANT: All links were active at the time I created this document, and I tried to limit the number of “.gov” sites and sites with federally funded content.
Since the American president is busily removing government content that doesn’t support his agenda, I can’t promise that off-site links will still be active when you click – or how much of the original content will remain.
Don’t forget that you can always check out the sidebar
for a reminder of how links work on this site, they’re subtle ==>
Awareness and Advocacy Events for August
(intersecting with Mental Health & cognitive challenges)
National Immunization Awareness Month (USA)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]
National Public Health Information Coalition [NPHIC]
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance held in August to highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages.
NIAM was established to encourage people of all ages to make sure they are up to date on the vaccines recommended for them.
Communities have continued to use the month each year to raise awareness about the vitally important role vaccines play in preventing serious, sometimes deadly, diseases and pandemics.
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
HAP
YourSightMatters
Your kids struggle to focus cognitively when they’re struggling visually. Get them really ready for school this year. Get their eyes checked!
Make an appointment to get your own eyes checked as well.
World-wide MedicAlert Awareness Month
Medicalert.org
Psoriasis Awareness Month
National Psoriasis Foundation
The National Psoriasis Foundation [NPF] is committed to forming a coalition of Psoriatic Psuperheroes to create a movement to spread the word that psoriasis isn’t contagious — awareness IS!
Throughout the month, they’ll be sharing resources for treating and managing psoriatic disease designed to empower everyone affected to take control of their health. Each week, they’ll unlock a new challenge to test Psoriasis knowledge and provide everything needed to live a full, vibrant and active life.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Organization
Cure SMA
SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) is the number one genetic cause of death for infants, caused by a mutation in the survival motor neuron gene 1 [SMN1]. It affects approximately 1 in 10,000 babies, and about 1 in every 50 Americans is a genetic carrier. It can affect any race or gender.
In a healthy person, the SMN1 gene produces a protein that is critical to the function of the nerves that control our muscles, affecting the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord.
Without that protein, those nerve cells cannot properly function and eventually die, leading to debilitating and often fatal muscle weakness, taking away the ability to walk, eat, or breathe.
Thanks to the dedication of the SMA community and the ingenuity of their researchers, we now have the first-ever approved treatment that targets the underlying genetics of SMA. Great! CLOSE – and more is needed.
World PVNH Disorder Awareness Day,
August 7
PVNH Support and Awareness
NIH on PVNH
A mutation in a gene referred to as filaminA [FLNA] is a common cause of PVNH [Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia], a disorder of brain cell migration during brain development — also called PNH in medical journals sometimes referred to as grey matter heterotopia.
In normal brain development, neurons form in the periventricular region, located around fluid-filled ventricles near the brain’s center, then migrate outward to form six onion-like layers. In PVNH, some neurons fail to migrate to their proper position and instead form clumps of gray matter around the ventricles.
The syndrome was first described by the late Peter Huttenlocher, MD, and the gene was identified by Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD, of Boston Children’s Hospital, but the prevalence of PVNH is unknown.
Boys with the mutation die early. PVNH usually becomes evident in girls when seizures appear, frequently not until their teenage years; other neurologic findings such as various learning disabilities are not uncommon. Joint, pulmonary and gastrointestinal complications have been reported, but one of the most life-threatening complications for these young patients is cardiovascular disease.
Related Post: PVNH: Could this genetic disorder have a ‘butterfly’ effect?
Worldwide Breastfeeding Week
1 – 7 August 2017
worldbreastfeedingweek.org
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
“Breastfeeding is not only the cornerstone of a child’s healthy development; it is also the foundation of a country’s development.”
– pdf download of UNICEF & WHO WBW Message
National Minority Donor Awareness Week
Aug.1 – Aug. 7 2017
Gift of Life
National Minority Donor Awareness DAY
Tuesday, Aug.1, 2017
As part of National Minority Donor Awareness Week, National Minority Donor Awareness Day is celebrated on August 1. It was created to increase awareness of the need, especially among minorities, for more organ, eye and tissue donors.
Because some diseases of the kidney, heart, lung, pancreas and liver are found more frequently in racial and ethnic minority populations than in the general population, minorities are much more likely than Caucasians to need life-saving transplants.
More than 100,000 men, women and children in the United States alone are waiting for a life-saving organ, and half of those on the waiting list are minority patients.
National Dog Day
August 26
ABOUT National Dog Day
Canine Culpability
Keep an eye out for my guest-blogging Shih Tzu TinkerToy‘s article about this day.
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Other links to other posts and lists can be found below (in the Related Content section at the bottom of the majority of my articles), with my appreciation for improving your own Awareness, with hopes that you will help me SPREAD THE WORD!
Thanks again to Terri Mauro, Parenting Special Needs Expert from the VeryWell.com site
for many of the links that formed the genesis of the original Awareness articles.
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Wow!! Excellent list, Madelyn 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Thank you so much for this 😊❤️
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Thank you for letting me know you appreciate the post, Laina. I have learned SO much from putting these together each month.
xx,
mgh
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How cool is that? 😊😊. I’m so glad for you, and so grateful for your willingness to share what you do. Thank you so much for all you do! You are truly amazing 💚💙😊
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You are a darling – what a dear comment.
xx,
mgh
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Thank you! 😘😘. Likewise ❤️
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Wow, I was just going to go make a calendar of my own after this. Thank you so much for making it for me! Like really, you saved me time. Thank you so much!
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My pleasure, Jade. How sweet of you to let me know. I have been doing these every month – on a Monday or Friday nearest the first. Quite the education!
If you blog about any of the month’s “Days” please leave a link and I’ll move it up into the article.
xx,
mgh
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mgh
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Sure I will! Though I am not sure this month will suit my blog. However I recently did post a girlfriend’s day post on 1st august! You should check it out. I hope you like it.
It does seem like a fun and educational thing. It also is a very helpful thing! I am going to follow you. Thanks again!
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Thank YOU Jade. I’ll check out the GF post in a bit (and I’ll let you know when I do). GREAT blogname, btw.
xx,
mgh
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Really? Thank you! It was a quick decision to keep it as my name. I always felt like it wasn’t right. And have been thinking of changing it. Now I might think of it other wise.
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I think it is a very clever double entendre. PLUS, changing it might confuse some folks who are already used to finding you under that moniker. Your blog/your choice, of course – but if it were mine I’d keep it and love it.
xx,
mgh
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Look at all of these “awareness” days! Madelyn, your site is a treasure trove of info 🙂 I like that mental health is getting more of a spotlight in the world – let’s work toward helping people, one day at a time xx
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Absolutely, Christy! “When Women Inspire” we can get a lot done – lol.
xx,
mgh
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Lots of lovely international awareness days. Looking forward to Tink’s post on 26 August.
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Thanks Robbie – Tink can’t wait for it to post – lol.
Reading your book draft is STILL on my to-do list, and hope to have it behind me by the end of this weekend. Sorry it is taking me so long to work it in – unusually busy couple of weeks. I promise it is not for lack of interest – I am looking forward to working with you in some fashion, and hope you are continuing to move forward meanwhile.
xx,
mgh
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Thank you, Madelyn. I am making slow progress as I have also been ridiculously busy. Some progress is better than none though.
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Great attitude, Robbie! When things line up for both of us so that we can focus there together, we’ll move forward a lot more quickly (probably – lol). 🙂
xx,
mgh
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You are a tireless advocate for so many my friend. I don’t know how you keep track of all these wonderful causes, but thank you, as I know so many are grateful for your announcements. ❤
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Thanks, Deb. Awareness also fosters gratitude in those of us who are fortunate enough to be healthy.
I leave OUT more than I include each month – listing the ones that overlap mental health issues (sometimes obliquely).
xx,
mgh
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And that somehow, doesn’t surprise me. 🙂 ❤
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Thanks, Deb. It feels great to connect with you because you “get” me. 🙂
xx,
mgh
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I really do. 🙂 xx
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Some day I hope we will be able to meet in person – that would be wonderful.
xx,
mgh
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Oh, that would be awesome. We’d probably gab ourselves right out – with wine. 🙂 xx
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Maybe even enough wine that we would stop talking and go to SLEEP! lol
xx,
mgh
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That could be a very big if! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Miracles have been known to happen – lol. 🙂
xx, mgh
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Oh yes they do!! 🙂 🙂 xx
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Madelyn, this is an impressive post. I had no idea. Now I hope you won’t be offended by what I’m about to say … As I soberly read through your list and came to the final entry, I couldn’t help chuckling. National Dog Day is right up there with the other big guns! Please don’t tell Tink, because if I had my way, every day would be National Dog Day 🙂 ♥
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Thanks, Tina – Tink makes that point in his post too – lol. I had to add it to this post because he wanted me to make sure that EVERYBODY knew about Dog Day in time to stock up on the treats (and that he was going to guest blog again). 🙂 He’s can be a pushy little guy at times. 🙂
xx,
mgh
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No telling where we’d be without our animal companions … ♥
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I’d be either a mess or very lonely, Tina. I love having a fur-baby by my side. The BEST relationships in my life have been with my dogs – lol.
xx,
mgh
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PS. Tina – nothing you would ever say could offend me. You are one of the kindest, most positive spirits on the planet, so it is easy to take EVERYTHING you write as well-intended.
xx,
mgh
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Oh, Madelyn, you have no idea how you’ve lifted my spirits. Life has been very challenging these past two days. You have given me an infusion of joy. Thank you, my dear sweet friend. Love & Hugs 💜
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Thank you, Tina — your comment just infused me with joy as well — and I am consciously seeking joy-filled moments as my object of focus these days. So next time you have a challenging day, come back and I will tell you how absolutely wonderful you are.
xx,
mgh
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It’s a deal! And it goes both ways, my friend ❤
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Deal! Most people need someone to remind them of the good things they do and who they ARE occasionally – especially when “one of those days” come in groups, lol.
Take care of YOU, my sweet friend – turn that amazing kindness inward.
xx,
mgh
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Thank you for the reminder, luv. Much appreciated ❤
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ALWAYS happy to hold up the mirror.
xx,
mgh
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
Madelyn Griffith-Haynie reminds us that August is National Health month in many countries with various organisations bringing their specific issues into the spotlight. These include Mental Health Awareness, Children’s Eyesight, Psoriasis, Breastfeeding and several others.. Head over and mark them in your calendar. Help spread the word. #recommended
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Thanks again, Sally, for helping to spread Awareness. We ALL thank you.
xx,
mgh
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Great post and all worthy awareness projects. xxx
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My goal, besides making people Aware of these causes, is to spread awareness that it is REALLY short-sighted to propose budget cuts for bio-medical research.
I’m hoping the next election everyone who is Aware will vote for politicians who understand the link between research funding and public health.
xx,
mgh
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Unfortunately they don’t think 10, 20 or 30 years ahead. I remember when the pill first came out and was handed out like sweeties. I was 19 and about to get married. Three weeks after starting the pill I suffered a clot in my groin and nearly died. 50+ years later we are still finding out the long term effects and with drugs they are handing out today en masse such as statins we will be reaping the consequences at some point. They believe if they can put a plaster on one condition now it will save them down the line with heart disease or cancer but all drugs have side effects that might result in them anyway. Better to really tackle the life style issues now with better education and a clamp down on industrial foods. anyway on my soap box again.. xxxx
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I know that soapbox climb well, Sally. 🙂 Many formerly “approved” drugs had to be yanked from the market through the years *after* many extreme side-effects were publicized – others will be and still others need to be. I’m sure you are aware of how FEW women were in the study that led to the approval of the original pill (and I’ve since read somewhere that one or two actually DIED and were never autopsied, tho’ I’ve never taken the time to verify that).
To me, many of societies “ills” seem to be the fallout from increasing corporate capitalism – focused on money to the exclusion of much else. I could drag out my agribusiness and GMO soapbox in a heartbeat – not that it ever changes much of anything (except for putting me in a lousy mood – lol). I do my best not to support them with my dollars. THAT I can control.
I am so glad you survived your clot – so scary that you had to go through that. I had no significant problems being on the pill for a few years in my 20s, but BOY did things get screwy for a while once I stopped. Fortunately, my body righted itself in shortly over a year and there have been no long-term effects. Sad we can’t trust what our government agencies tell us, but experience has taught us that we really can’t.
You are SO right that it seems best to look after our health with the things we CAN control (sleep, eating health-promoting foods, exercise, etc.) and researching the suggestions we come across (vs. taking anything our doctors, etc. suggest without checking them out personally) – and focusing on gratitude for every single healthy day!
xx,
mgh
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With you all the way Madelyn. Like you I have seen far too many people who have drunk the coolade and are convinced that doctors and government elected health officials must be right and are now suffering the consequences. Anyway we do what we can for ourselves and hopefully help others make informed decisions too. xxxxx
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Yep. A long-time friend of mine just got out of the hospital Monday after an infection in his big toe put him there (he’s diabetic, among other things). He fired his “famous” foot doctor (from his panel of 6 for various health concerns) because this doctor advocated for his newly developed surgery procedure on the toe, with possible amputation looming.
My friend went with IV antibiotics while they waited for a culture to determine if, in fact, osteomyelitis was involved (he discovered that the scans frequently return false positives – scar tissue, etc).
Not a sign of it – and signs of the infection were gone as well. It was not as simple as I make it sound, but my point is that, had he gone along with doctor #1, things would now be MUCH worse and he might have been walking with a cane for the rest of his life.
That’s a close-to-home example of exactly what you have noted – except that my friend chose to go another way. THANK GOODNESS!
xx,
mgh
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Wow Madelyn.. just goes to show.. so pleased that it did not come to the worst scenario.. frightening. hugs xx
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I was thrilled to get THAT phone call, let me tell you!
xx,
mgh
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This is really wonderful Madelyn! I will keep this in mind. I may in the future write a post about Veterans and suicide. Thank you for spreading awareness. We often do not concern ourselves with issues we have not experienced.
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Thank you for this kind comment, Sharon.
What would make us even think about issues we have not experienced? That’s what these monthly Awareness posts are designed to do — along with inspiring gratitude for our lives when we are fortunate, even when we don’t have everything we’d like and some days are beyond frustrating.
Be sure to leave a link under ANY Awareness post if you decide to write about Veterans and suicide. My queued September Awareness calendar focuses on suicide prevention, so that would be a great month for it. I’ll be thrilled to include your link there, regardless of when you write it. (There’s also a post coming up shortly about Moving Past PTSD Triggers mid-August.)
xx,
mgh
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Thank you Madelyn. I will jot down a note about those dates. Thank you for the notice. 🙂
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Whenever possible I prepare my posting calendar at least a month ahead. Then I research and write the articles as I have chunks of time, and queue them up to post in the future.
In the summer I spend most of my time in my office (AC), so I’ve gotten pretty far ahead – lol.
xx,
mgh
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Great tip! Yes your articles are researched base–and much appreciated. It’s work!
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A system like mine works for those who don’t blog about day-to-day experiences and thoughts. Unless they have a crystal ball, I’m not sure it would make any sense at all to those bloggers – lol. Some of them have “theme” days or write to prompts, etc. We all find our own best ways.
How do YOU find time to blog, since you still have a little one at home?
xx,
mgh
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Lol. I sneak moments here and there. Thus, my lack of consistency. 😉
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Consistency if over-rated – lol – if, by that term you mean blogging daily. I have happily “downsized” to posting on Mondays & Fridays only, primarily.
As long as people know what to expect and when, that’s as “consistent” as I’m willing to get for free. 🙂 And I don’t have a child who needs time and attention.
If we allow blogging becomes a toleration or a should, we start feeling miserable about what we do with the minutes of our lives and are not able to do our best at much of anything.
Who knows? I may decide to go down to once a week and one reblog of some of the content from 2011, 12 & 13.
xx,
mgh
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Lol. I see what you mean. It should always be enjoyable, not feel like a task. Honestly, the community is who I enjoy visiting as well. I know we all say that, but I think that’s what influences my desire to try and be more available. I’d love more time to read. 😊
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That’s the main reason I “downsized” my posting schedule. I wanted more time to visit. I still don’t get around as often as I’d like, but it allows me a bit more time (with a bit more leftover for sleeping & bathing, etc. – lol)
xx,
mgh
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What about eating! Lol.
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I can eat at my computer – but it’s a real stretch to write from the tub or when I’m asleep – lol.
xx,
mgh
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I see. Yes I’m guilty of eating at the computer too.
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Terrible habit, isn’t it? Since I have lived alone for some years now, it was an easy one to slip into, reading and eating.
If I were sharing meals with a partner, a roommate or a family we’d converse, of course. Many people watch television, but I got rid of mine years ago to avoid TV hypnosis. lol.
But I’m kinda’ fond of the things I do *away* from the computer, and am loathe to have to give them up.
xx,
mgh
xx,
mgh
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You’re doing such a great job posting these calendars every month – thank you!
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You’re welcome, Dolly — and thank YOU for taking the time to comment with appreciation every month.
xx,
mgh
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Believe me, I appreciate it every month!
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Thank you, Dolly. And I appreciate every comment of appreciation.
xx,
mgh
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Busy month ahead, Madelyn.
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EVERY month, Eugenia. I realize that every “Day” will not resonate with every reader — still, I hold that Awareness will foster gratitude for the blessings of health that will seep into every single heart.
xx,
mgh
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Your blog offers so much good information. I feel there is always a take away from your posts.
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What a wonderful comment, Eugenia. Thank you SO much for telling me that.
xx,
mgh
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😉 I only speak the truth.
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awwwwww . . . 🙂
xx,
mgh
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Wow so many things to be aware of isn’t there.
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I know! I send them “good vibes” and hope that the Awareness these events are designed to promote will encourage anyone with symptoms to check it out and turn things around.
Even MORE to the point, I hope it will encourage everyone to let their politicians know that reducing funding for bio-medical research is going THE WRONG WAY!
We need increased funding, right?
xx,
mgh
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Yes. The answers are there and in so many areas we are close but without funding it will be much more difficult. Your calendar brings to mind what is out there.
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Thanks – that is exactly why I put them together – Awareness of how many ways there are to interact positively, (and the proposed budget cuts for bio-medical research is going the wrong direction)
xx,
mgh
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Yes it is sad to read about.
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I am holding that, with enough Awareness, that there will be enough communication in opposition (to Senators and Congressmen) that Orange won’t be able to push his cuts thru the House and the Senate.
xx,
mgh
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We need to stay involved!
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It would probably help!
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mgh
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Many thanks Madelyn. I look forward to your National Dog Day post.
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lol – Tink’s pretty excited about getting another shot at the blog too! 🙂 He sends his woofs.
Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment.
xx,
mgh
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Yeah – and I’ve already started on it too!
Woof! TINK
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Wonderful awareness raising as ever, my friend. I am especially looking forward to Tink’s post! Big hugs to you both.
xx
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Thanks Lucy – I am psyched that Mom is letting me Guest Blog again. Who better to sing the praises of my furry friends than ME?
Woof! TINK
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I can think of no one better, my furry friend!
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You’re the BEST, Lucy (and I ‘ll bet Terry is pretty great too, even tho’ he’s a kitty).
Woof! TINK
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He’s not so bad for a kit-cat – he sends a big purr your way!
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He has a pretty cool point of view. What would PorterGirl do without his input?
Woof! TINK
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