Mother's Day - May 11, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. Robert Browning

My mother is a walking miracle. Leonardo DiCaprio

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me. Antonio Villaraigosa

My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection. Michael Jackson

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. Pablo Picasso

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. Ambrose Bierce

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age. Benjamin Spock

Pope Francis

We all have the duty to do good. Pope Francis

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. Pope Francis

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian. Pope Francis

Earth Day - April 22

Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall

It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a big difference to reuse things, to not use the paper cup - and each time you do, that's a victory. Emily Deschanel

Easter - April 20, 2025

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.' Billy Graham

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. Mahatma Gandhi

There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. Gordon B. Hinckley

During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas. Nancy Pearcey

Val Kilmer - December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025

There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it. Val Kilmer

Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense. Val Kilmer

Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to define my future. Val Kilmer

 

April

The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry's class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper. Ruby Bridges

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever. Charles Lamb

When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it. Alan Alda

Baseball Opening Day March 27, 2025

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen. Joe DiMaggio

If you want to see a bunch of happy Americans, go out to opening day at any baseball stadium in the land. Ben Fountain

Baseball's Opening Day is full of time-honored traditions: the President throws out the first ball, the Cubs' starting pitcher walks away with a 54.00 ERA, the Royals get mathematically eliminated from the pennant race. Rob Sheffield

Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over. Mary Schmich