September signifies CHANGE, the passing on of bright, dry, hot, sunny, summer days and nights, towards a darker, wetter, cooler, duller weather, in most parts of the world.
But change is not a bad thing. Change can mean opportunity for something new and fresh, for growth and transformation to take place, in and around us.
Are you ready for change?
Each September we get to commemorate World Awareness Days as well as National Celebrations and Holidays. September 2024 is World Alzheimer’s Month.
Below are just a few I have chosen for you: 13th World Sepsis Day, Roald Dahl Story Day
15th World Lymphoma Day, International Day of Democracy
16th Male Cancer Awareness Week
17th Constitution Day
18th Adult Learners Organ Donation & National Eye Health Week
20th National Fitness Day (UK)
21st International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s Day, World Gratitude Day
26th World Contraception Day, European Day of Languages
27th World Tourism Day
29th World Heart Day, World’s Biggest Coffee Morning,
Bright, Sunny, Cheerful, Summer, Sunflowers and Poppies, Flower Shows, Vacation, Beaches, Sandcastles, Spades, Flipflops, and Picnic Fun, are just a few words that quickly comes to mind when I think about August. I love this month, placed in the middle of the season, where we get to remember and celebrate great National and International Awareness Days.
Blog by – Lady Dawnecia Palmer
HERE ARE JUST A FEW WORLD AWARENESS DAYS in AUGUST 2024
01 National Black Business Month (UK)
07 International Youth Day
08 World Cat Day
09 World Indegious Peoples Day/Book Lovers
12 World Elephant Day
18 International Never Give Up Day
19 World Humanitarian Day/World Photo Day
22 International day for comemorating victims of of acts of violence based on belief/religion
April showers!! We certainly are seeing a lot of showers here in the UK! according to Wiki one of the major causes of the often heavy downpours is the position of the jet stream. In early spring, the jet stream starts to move northwards, allowing large depressions to bring strong winds and rain in from the Atlantic.
With all this rain we can expect to see much growth over the coming weeks and months, and thankfully it will also get warmer, and opportunity to walk out in nature without the heavy wellies, overcoats, and brollies!!
April gets its name from the latin ‘aperire,’ meaning ‘ to open’ in reference to the opening of the fresh buds and their new flowers just coming out for spring.
White, yellow and red are the three main colours for April. Combined they symbolize purity, innocence, clarity, sunshine, and positiveity
There are only 30 days in April joining September, June, and November, which also has 30 days!
The Christian celebrations in April are Palm Sunday (April 2) Maundy Thursday (April 6th) Good Friday (April 7th) and Holy Saturday (April 8th). Easter Sunday (9th April). The Jewish Pasover 2024 starts on the 22nd ending on the 30th April. In the Islamic tradition this years Eid al-Fitr marks the ending of Ramadam 2024, on April 9th. Ramadam It is the month in which Muslims observe a strict fast from dawn until sunset.
Here are 7 International Days in April
2 World Autism Day
7 UN World Health Day/Rememebrance of Victims of Rwanda’s Genocide
The month of November is the eleventh month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of autumn, and THANKSGIVING Holiday for America!
This year Thanksgiving Day is November 23rd. It always falls on the fourth Thursday of the month, this is a rule set by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941.
New England and Virginia colonists originally celebrated days of fasting, as well as days of thanksgiving, thanking God for blessings such as harvests, ship landings, military victories, or the end of a drought. These were observed through church services, accompanied with feasts and other communal gatherings.
And although Thanksgiving is not celebrated in the UK, the harvest part of it is still celebrated by many churches and most schools today.
In Canada, Thanksgiving is a little more low key than it is for Americans, nonetheless, it is a time for families to gather and enjoy a turkey dinner while celebrating the harvest.
According to WIKI, as well as America and Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated in Grenada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and the Philippines. It is also observed in the Dutch town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.
Thanksgiving brings famlies of all ages together.
There are many different styles of Menus, each year becoming more lavish overtime.
Here is a simple Thanksgiving Dinner Menu below:
November is the month to remind us of all the positive things around us. From kindness day to thanksgiving day, November has many dates for us to remember the positivity.
Starting with Day 1 World Vegan Day
The Vegan Society came into being in November 1944. They took the initiative to start this day on their 50th anniversary in 1994. They chose 1 November as the date of the establishment was not clear. The idea is to promote veganism by highlighting its benefits.
1st and 2nd All Saints and All Souls
The 1st is a day is to honor all the saints across the globe. It is a Christian festival. It falls on different dates in different countries. Pope Gregory III made a chapel to honor all saints on 1 November (731-741) in Rome.
The 2nd is the day of the dead. This day is to commemorate all the souls who have died. It is a Christian festival. Christianity believes that there is a connection between those in heaven and those living.
10th World Science Day. UNESCO made this day official in 2001 and the first celebration took place in 2002. The idea is to highlight the importance of science for society’s development.
1th Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans Day. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an armistice between the allies and Germany to end World War I. this took place on 11 November 1918. The treaty of Versailles ( formal Peace agreement ) was signed in 1919. The first celebration took place in Buckingham Palace, London. The idea is to remember the soldiers and civilians who lost their lives during the war.
13th World Kindness Day – The World Kindness Movement led to the introduction of this day in 1998. The first celebration took place in 2009 in many countries. The idea is to promote positive energy and kindness around the world. The theme for 2019 was “Empathy”.
Then on the 16 th following on from Kindness Day is – World Tolerance Day. UNESCO made this day official in 1995. They aim to highlight the dangers of intolerance. They promote understanding and peace between different cultures and diversity.
25th International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The Mirabal sisters stood against the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. They were killed on 25 November 1960. The Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Encuentros took the initiative to start this day in 1981. The idea is to discourage violence and highlight the challenges faced by women. The UN made this day official in 1999. The theme for 2019 was “Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Violence to Women.
30th St Andrews Day. It is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. He was one of the primary disciples of Jesus. It is the national day of Scotland. The churches across the country celebrate this day with a big feast.
Fourth Thursday of November. It is the harvest festival of the United States. It is the start of the winter holiday season. The central idea is to have a thanksgiving dinner. The dishes are mainly turkey, potato, pumpkin pie, cranberries, etc. It is a national holiday in the US. The Friday after Thanksgiving is Black Friday. It is because the sale goes up for the holiday season from this day.
The above are just a few of the world important dates and days.
A PRAYER FOR NOVEMBER
Dear Lord and LIFE, Giver of days, and life of all, we are grateful for this Fall, and for the wonderful gifts this season brings. A time to ruminate on the goodness of provisions, and the many blessings we enjoy today. Receive our prayers of thanksgiving, with humble appreciation. Amen.
~ Blog & Prayer by Reverend Dr. Dawnecia Palmer, Fall 2023
Dear Lord and Life, Governor and Keeper of all that is committed into Thy care, Master of thoughts wind, waves, The One-unique-verse, LIFE Itself,
Please on this 1st day of September 2023, by your sweet and most glorious, perfected, hallowed self, oh yes hallowed and never hollowed Self, reign. For in fullness you reign supreme, above as you do below, around as you are amidst, yeah, yes, you reign – evenly purely, goodly, effectively, fully – always. Aww yes Blessed Always, at the centre core! In all of these wonder-full, excel-length, awe-Full, numberless names we call you, for indeed there are countless inaudible names, not yet written in this tiny man-fashioned vocabulary of ours. I activate each of them and with pure intention pray, intercede, making my thoughts audible, to request your patronage, your attention, your presence, power and grace, your forgiveness and your guidance, my dear Lord, dearest law of the universe. Oh yes, I pray for your leading.
Lead and guide. Lead and guide us please, sweet Pacifier. Pacify, guide, and lead, and cause hearts to look to thee, to look to you to lead our ships, this mortal temple of ours, in the ways that lead us to good, to be good, and to do right, in our thoughts first of all.
Yes. Please, lead in this our mothership – of organs, and nerves. Fully cement, fix, afix your signature of goodness in our conscience, tune, and fine-tune us until the needle of our awareness and inner resolve is set to be, and to do good, is in direct likeness to thine own goodness, even as the long and short needle of a clock’s interface when perfectly aligned as one, strikes the midday and midnight gong, so in like manner, acutely atune us in likeness, until all, all our attention and awareness, is made conscious, of your goodness, as our very own! Until one is found in person alike, as was pre-destiny, pre-designed be good, so very, very, good.
May goodness rule, and overrule as necessary, our stubborn wills. to save us from wondering, and straying, into useless, wantings, longings, lustful, and yearnings.
Please, O please, attend our way, and as you do, let us awaken to this truth. And not only am I asking for your leader-ship and guidance, to the way, but to awaken in our awareness the liberating truth that you are the way, the peace we yearn for, the goodness we requrie, and the supply we need.
So, on this first day of September, rebirth us in our inhalation, on each breath, an acute awareness of goodness, possibility, joy, and everlasting stream of opportunities. Let this, be so for me, and everyone else, especially, for the youths and our elders. Releasing us from bondages of ancestral pains.
Lead, and guide those in government offices, and those with titles of leadership which entiltes them to make demands on those under their leadership to do good and to perform well, may they lead and guide having first been guided and led by goodness themselves. For it is only until leadership leads from an acute awareness of goodness within, can there be any peace at all, or safety on our streets. For it is only when goodness reigns supreme in wills, that destruction, pain, and loss shall cease.
As I started, dear Lord and Light, Governor and Master good, I commit these words, humbly asking you to lead guide and protect, throughout the rest of September. Amen and Thank you.
A Prayer for September was written and read by Reverend Dr Dawnecia Palmer aka #LadyDP #LadyP
Although it is the ninth month of the year the word september comes from a Latin word meaning “seven.” It is considered the first month of Autumn. Scriptually it is the first of the Fall Feasts, the Feast of Trumpets, and the Creation week. It is also represents completion, fulfillment, and spiritual transformation.
June, of brighter sunnier days, and longer lighter evenings.
It is the second of the shorter months with 30 days.
June was named after the Roman goddess Juno. It is taken from an archaic word luno meaning young, suggesting vitality, radiant energy, growth and fertility! As well as a strong connection to motherhood and femininity; it holds space for the patron parent Zeus here representing fatherhood, thus making it a month representing ‘Balance’ on the presentness of the mother and father. Fathers Day is celebrated this year on Sunday 18th June.
It has been known for young couple choosing this month to get married. There are a few precious stones, plant, and flowers, associated with June. The stones are Alexandrite, moonstone, and pearl. And strength and fertility of the oak, and the intoxicatingly beautiful scent of the honeysuckle and rose.
There are many interesting global days of awareness and celebrations ahead! Below is a short list we created for you:
JUNE
5 to the 11th Bike Week/Child Safety Week/Global Heart Rhythm Week
9 Smile Day/Candy Day
12 to 18th Mens’ Health Week
14 World Blood Donor Day
15 World Elder Abuse Awareness day/Beer Day UK
16 World Refill Day
17 International Surfing Day/ Combat Desertification & Drought Awareness Day
18 International Picnic Day
19 to 25th Rose Awareness Week/Refuge Awareness Week/Learning Disability Week
20 World Refugee Day/
21 World Music Day/ Global MND Awareness day/National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada) National Peaches and Cream Day (USA), National Writing Day (UK)
21 Summer Solstice – longest day/International Yoga Day
23 International Women in Engineering Day/International Widows Day
24 World Sand Dune day
25 National Catfish Day (USA)/UN International Day in SuppVictims of Torture
26 to 30th World Wellbeing Week /International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
27 International Sunglasses Day/National PTSD Awareness Day
29 International Day of the Tropics
A PRAYER FOR JUNE
For the joys of sunshine, I am grateful.
For the beauty of sea and sand, and all the vastness of nature in the great outdoors, I give thanks.
For open air celebrations, and fun activities planned around summertime this month, my soul rejoices.
Ice-cream, pop-cycle, barbecues, picnics in the park,
longer days, and cool evening walks,
The beautiful mix of colours and smell of flowers, fills the air under the blanket of a clear blue sky,
For all these and more, O so much more! I bless, appreciate, and give thanks.
Amen.
~ #LadyDP
Here we are, arriving at the 3rd month of the New Year 2023, and it seems but yesterday we were all celebrating the wonders of its beginning!
Now, as Spring approaches, there is an element of anticipation in the air, darker days becoming lighter, a sign, and promise of much warmer months ahead. Daffodils are already opening. Young buds and tender shoots are also starting to pop up everywhere.
These are exciting times with many exciting events and celebratory days taking place, locally, nationally, and Internationally. Below are a few reminder dates for you:
March
1 St David’s Day – Wales, UK/ Peanut Butter lovers Day – US
2 World Book Day, Old Stuff Day – UK / Employee Appreciation Day – US
3 World Day of Prayer
4 International HPV Awareness Day – human papillomavirus
6 Dentist’s Day -US/ Purim starts
7 National Cereal Day – US
8 International Women’s Day /National No Smoking Day – UK
9 World Kidney Day/International School Meals Day
12 Daylight saving – US
17 St Patrick’s Day/ World Sleep Day / Red Nose Day – UK
18 World Life Awareness Day/Global Recycling Day
19 Mother’s Day – UK
20 International Day of Happiness/National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day/ World Oral Health Day
21 World Poetry Day/ International Day of Forests /World Down Syndrome Day/Shove Tuesday or Pancake Day
22 World water Day /Ash Wednesday/ Ramadan starts
23 World Meteorological Day /National Day of Reflection – UK
24 World TB Day /National Skipping Day
25 Functional Neurological Disorders Awareness Day – UK
26 Purple Day – UK / British Summer times begins
27 World Theatre Day – UK
30 World Bipolar Day
31 Wear A Hat Day
A Prayer for March
~ by Lady Dawnecia Palmer
“Life as Light, in God, through goodness come to us, now. Lighting our days, and making clear the path for us to trod.
Moving from the dark of winter towards the brightness of Spring, warm our hearts, still our fears, and delivers us from worry, hatred, blame, deceit, and many threatening dangers; which, oftentimes blight our joy, hinder our peace, and disturb our rest.
As the new month of March begins, and planetary forces prepare to endorse environmental changes on our world;
Life as Light, ready us too, by stirring a deeper, keener awareness of what is possible, so that with open hearts and ready mind, allow your kindness, love, and light, to fill our days and nights.
Let your brightness guide and lead, to heights of joy, and, unending realms of peace, till souls truly satisfied, in stillness rests.