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National Themes For September 23: Celebrate Bisexuality Day, National Checkers/Dogs in Politics Day, National Great American Pot Pie Day, National Snack Stick Day, National Teal Talk Day, Restless Legs Awareness Day, and Autumnal Equinox.

🎗Bisexuality Day is a day for the bisexual community, their friends and their supporters to recognize and celebrate bisexuality. Celebrate Bisexuality Day was started to counteract prejudice of bisexuals by both the straight and greater LGBT communities. It has grown in popularity and is now observed in many US cities along with other countries. First observed in 1999, Celebrate Bisexuality Day was started by three United States bisexual rights activists: Wendy Curry of Maine, Michael Page of Florida, and Gigi Raven Wilbur of Texas.

🐕National Checkers Day which is also known as Dogs in Politics Day. On September 23, 1952, Vice President candidate, Richard Nixon, gave a speech that was called the “Checkers Speech”. Accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses, Nixon needed to defend himself. His place on the Republican ticket was in jeopardy as well, so he flew to Los Angeles and delivered a half-hour television address. It was in this speech that Nixon stated that regardless of what anyone said, he intended to keep one gift; a black-and-white dog the Nixon children had named “Checkers”, thus giving the speech its famous name. The “Checkers Speech” was seen, or heard, by about 60 million Americans, the largest television audience at that time, and it led to an outpouring of public support. Thanks to Checkers, Nixon made the ticket and we celebrate Dogs in Politics Day or better known as National Checkers Day.

🍽National Great American Pot Pie Day! A baked savory pie typically with both a bottom and a flaky top crust. The filling of a pot pie varies from many different ingredients, some of which are beef, chicken, turkey, gravy, and seafood. Many vegetables like potatoes, carrots, green beans, and peas are also popular choices. National Great American Pot Pie Day was created in 2002 by the pot pie and frozen food company Marie Callender’s.

🍢National Snack Stick Day! Primarily made with beef or pork, snack sticks go back to the days when families preserved quantities of beef, pork, and game into sausage through smoking and aging. Full of family tradition, recipes developed generation after generation, using premium ingredients. These little portions of smoked sausage are a convenient source of protein to take with you on a hike or throw in your gym bag, satisfy mid-morning hunger pangs and are easily shared after school, after work or anytime. From sweet to spicy and everything in between, this savory snack was made for busy people.

🎗National Teal Talk Day! Over 249,000 women are diagnosed annually with ovarian cancer, worldwide. Gather your friends, wear teal for a day out together and talk. Join a group of co-workers for lunch. Men are welcome, also. They have mothers, wives, daughters and sisters at risk for ovarian cancer. They should have the Teal Talk, too! There is no standard screening for ovarian cancer. In absence of a test, awareness is best. In the hour it might take to have the Teal Talk during lunch, approximately 28 women would have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Invite your closest friends, neighbors and sisters for drinks in the back yard. Wear your favorite teal and give the Teal Talk. Let them know early detection improves survival rates by 90%. Make sure they know the symptoms. Persistent bloating, lack of energy, loss of appetite and feeling fuller sooner. Find more symptoms at Ovarcome.org. Go for a walk with your mom and her friends. Even if it’s a short one it will be long enough for a Teal Talk. Ask them about family history and encourage them to share it with their daughters and granddaughters. Encourage them to see their gynecologist to review family history for inherited risk factors. Families with a strong history of ovarian or breast cancer have a 15-40% lifetime risk when compared to the general population according to the National Cancer Institute.

👖Restless Legs Awareness Day is a day designed to promote awareness of this medical condition. Professor Karl-Axel Ekborn, a Swedish neurologist, first described this syndrome in 1945. We have learned a lot about it since then, and there is still no known cause for it. Restless Legs Syndrome, also known as Willis-Ekbom Disease (WED), is characterized by uncontrollable urges to move the legs even when at rest to relieve unpleasant sensations. It can also occur in the arms. The first instance of Restless Legs Awareness Day can be traced back to 2012 when it was organized by The Willis-Ekbom Disease Foundation.

🍁Autumnal Equinox is observed annually when the sun can be seen directly overhead along the equator, marking the end of summer and beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. The autumn equinox is one of two days when all points on Earth except the polar regions see the sun rise and set at due east and due west. With few exceptions, all latitudes see almost exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 of darkness.

My favorite pot pie is turkey with lots of crust.

Warm hugs!🐶💕🌤