AltFriday5: Celebrations
From the altfriday5:
1. Do you celebrate any romantic anniversaries? If so, which ones? What dates do they mark (e.g. date you met, date you first had sex, date you had your commitment ceremony)?
Yes, we celebrate our wedding anniversary (1/2/97) and we celebrate valentine's day and sweetest day (a Michigan holiday for lovers)! Bot no other "romantic anniversaries" since we have been best friends since the 7th grade followed by a rather add courtship... the years have just all blured together at this point! LOL!
2. Do you observe any non-romantic anniversaries (i.e., of positive or negative events that happened in your life)? If so, what do they commemorate? We usually celebrate his anniversary of his initial military enlistment... I've been with him through the whole process and in our minds another year survived as a couple in the military is quite an accomplishment. Reguardless if we were to ever split, as long as we were still friends, we'd continue to celebrate that anniversary. I've been his best friend and pen pal since the day he left for Basic training when he was 17 and I've been his wife and lover since his first overseas deployment.... so for every year that we make it and we were still friends, it is definitly something to celebrate! LOL!
3. Do you observe any non-personal anniversaries (i.e. of historical events, such as VE Day, December 6)? If so, what do they commemorate, and why do you honour them? We observe all military holidays/anniversaries such as Veteran's Day, the Army's Birthday, WONSA (Week of the NightStalker), Memorial Day, etc.... Not only is my husband in the military but both of our families are full of vets so it has always been apart of our lives to remember those who served and those who gave their lives securing our liberties and freedoms! We also observe US Independance Day (7/4) and Canada Day (7/2) since we are both native Detroiters.... we have always done a joint independance day celebration since we were born, so we continue to do it today! We grew up with Canada being 5 minutes across the river from us all of our lives so we feel connected to them!
4. What event do you think the world should remember annually, that it doesn't? To be honest with you I am not sure there is one significant event that someone in the world doesn't already recognize that has affected the entire world. Most countries who have been involved in major wars, or significant events give their due to those events. So I can't think of one right off hand. Of course Earth Day is definitly a day everyone should observe... heck without Mother Earth we'd be living on the moon! LOL!
5. Have you ever forgotten an important anniversary? What happened?
Yes, I always forget the anniversaries of loved ones who have died (my nephew, grandfather, etc...). However being Pagan I look at life and death differently than most people in my family. While they want to be sorrowful and moarnful, I look at it as a celebration that those individuals have gone onto their next incarnation (or assention) so it doesn't cross my mind to be all sad and depressed on those days. I'd rather remember the good times and "let them go;" than try to hold onto them for dear life as if being depressed is going to make them come back. Sometimes my views on life & death piss folks off so I try to just do my own thing and let them moarn if they want; it does not mean I need to participate in any of it... nor does it does not mean I loved those who passed any less. KWIM?
1. Do you celebrate any romantic anniversaries? If so, which ones? What dates do they mark (e.g. date you met, date you first had sex, date you had your commitment ceremony)?
Yes, we celebrate our wedding anniversary (1/2/97) and we celebrate valentine's day and sweetest day (a Michigan holiday for lovers)! Bot no other "romantic anniversaries" since we have been best friends since the 7th grade followed by a rather add courtship... the years have just all blured together at this point! LOL!
2. Do you observe any non-romantic anniversaries (i.e., of positive or negative events that happened in your life)? If so, what do they commemorate? We usually celebrate his anniversary of his initial military enlistment... I've been with him through the whole process and in our minds another year survived as a couple in the military is quite an accomplishment. Reguardless if we were to ever split, as long as we were still friends, we'd continue to celebrate that anniversary. I've been his best friend and pen pal since the day he left for Basic training when he was 17 and I've been his wife and lover since his first overseas deployment.... so for every year that we make it and we were still friends, it is definitly something to celebrate! LOL!
3. Do you observe any non-personal anniversaries (i.e. of historical events, such as VE Day, December 6)? If so, what do they commemorate, and why do you honour them? We observe all military holidays/anniversaries such as Veteran's Day, the Army's Birthday, WONSA (Week of the NightStalker), Memorial Day, etc.... Not only is my husband in the military but both of our families are full of vets so it has always been apart of our lives to remember those who served and those who gave their lives securing our liberties and freedoms! We also observe US Independance Day (7/4) and Canada Day (7/2) since we are both native Detroiters.... we have always done a joint independance day celebration since we were born, so we continue to do it today! We grew up with Canada being 5 minutes across the river from us all of our lives so we feel connected to them!
4. What event do you think the world should remember annually, that it doesn't? To be honest with you I am not sure there is one significant event that someone in the world doesn't already recognize that has affected the entire world. Most countries who have been involved in major wars, or significant events give their due to those events. So I can't think of one right off hand. Of course Earth Day is definitly a day everyone should observe... heck without Mother Earth we'd be living on the moon! LOL!
5. Have you ever forgotten an important anniversary? What happened?
Yes, I always forget the anniversaries of loved ones who have died (my nephew, grandfather, etc...). However being Pagan I look at life and death differently than most people in my family. While they want to be sorrowful and moarnful, I look at it as a celebration that those individuals have gone onto their next incarnation (or assention) so it doesn't cross my mind to be all sad and depressed on those days. I'd rather remember the good times and "let them go;" than try to hold onto them for dear life as if being depressed is going to make them come back. Sometimes my views on life & death piss folks off so I try to just do my own thing and let them moarn if they want; it does not mean I need to participate in any of it... nor does it does not mean I loved those who passed any less. KWIM?