I hope everyone sprung forward this morning. I, for one, always feel ripped off that I lose an hour on the weekend. I saw a post today that someone thinks that Daylight Savings Time should start at 4pm on a Monday. I would vote for that.
On the positive side, today is International Women's Day. According to the International Women's Day web site, (http://www.internationalwomensday.com) this day "is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future." It has been celebrated since the 1900's - the first being on February 28, 1909 in the United States. The web site also explains that, "IWD is now an official holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers."
Since this is the first year that I became aware of it, I will certainly mark my calendar and celebrate it some way next year. In the meantime, the theme for 2015 is Make it Happen. So girls, make every day Women's Day and make it happen!
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