May 3 - National Infertility Survival Day®

Happy National Infertility Survival Day®!  Each year on Sunday before Mother’s Day, this day remembers those struggling with infertility. 

  

This day was intentionally placed before Mother’s Day to finally put those coping with infertility first in the order of things. Many keep their struggle private.  

However, others choose to bring the issue out in the open and share it with family and friends. 

This day encourages individuals and couples coping with infertility to share, bond, band together, and celebrate the significant triumphs and small daily efforts. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

If you know someone who is struggling with infertility, be sensitive to their needs on this day and around Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.  

Refrain from asking couples when they are going to have children. 

It’s a private experience. And sometimes, the process can be personally, emotionally, and physically painful. Sharing the experience with even close family and friends can be difficult. 

However, if a friend or family member brings up their experience, listen. Sometimes sharing their fears or being able to unburden their sadness and grief to a friendly face helps. 

Use #InfertilitySurvivalDay to post on social media. 

HISTORY 

In 2004, American writer and founder of National Infertility Survival Day® Beverly Barna conceived this day as a way to give those struggling with infertility their own special observance.  

Barna is also the author of the 2002 humour book Infertility Sucks! (Keeping It All Together When Sperm and Egg Remain Stubbornly Apart.)  

For more information, visit her website below: 

https://www.infertilitysucks-thebook.com 

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DATES

May 02, 2021 
May 01, 2022 
May 07, 2023 
May 05, 2024 
May 04, 2025 
May 03, 2026 
May 02, 2027 
May 07, 2028 
May 06, 2029 
May 05, 2030

May 3 - National Montana Day

Happy National Montana Day! Today we observe the 41st state to join the union back on November 8, 1889. 

  

This western state is defined by its diverse terrain ranging from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains. Its wide-open spaces include Glacier National Park, a vast wilderness preserve that passes into Canada.  

  

The park’s many snow-capped peaks, lakes and alpine hiking trails are showcased along its famed Going-to-the-Sun Road, stretching fifty miles. 

  

Also known as Big Sky Country, it’s difficult to know where to begin when it comes to this vast state. 

  

If we look up, big sky country is there day or night. The northern lights dazzle and dance at night and during the day, an azure blue paints the dome above us.  

However, it’s also the Yellowstone region of the states known for the big sky, its geysers, hot springs, mountain views and the most entrances into the park. 

Travel east and back in time to the June of 1876 and the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Visit Custer National Cemetery; learn about the people who joined in the battle that day. 

It’s easy to become distracted in Montana. The breathtaking mountain views alone can make one forget why they left the room. Glacier National Park, for example, is a treasure worth seeing.  

Called the Crown of the Continent, one of its greatest natural resources is a dark night sky.  

To learn more, visit the website below:

https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm 

One thing is for sure when it comes to Montana is its people. Whether you’re seeking dinosaurs, the history of Blackfeet or Nez Perce, a real working ranch, the people of Montana are as genuine as the land they live on. 

  

HOW TO OBSERVE 

  

Join National Day Calendar® astray celebrate the Montana. Explore the history and people of the state Follow the trails of the pioneers and visit all the treasures this great has to offer. Use #NationalMontanaDay to share on social media. 

  

Hidden Treasures 

  

Ringing Rocks of Montana – Whitehall 

Bleu Horses – Three Forks 

Our Lady of the Rockies – Butte 

Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center – West Yellowstone 

Anaconda Smelter Stack – Anaconda 

Blackfoot Pathways – Lincoln 

  

We also observe these famous figures of whom were born in Montana of whom are still recognized today for their past accomplishments, heroics, talents, ingenuity and innovations: Jeannette Pankin, John Louis Clarke, Elizabeth Davey Lochrie, Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy, Dorothy Barker, Chet Huntley, Martha Rays, Minnie Spotted Wolf, Evel Knievel, David Lynch and Jack Horner. 

  

Visit the link below to see those of notable birth who were not mentioned on the list above: 

  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Montana 

  

Here's to The Treasure State! 

  

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