I’ve been wrong this whole time. I thought every day was Chocolate Cake Day. Comes to find out that nope, it is actually Jan. 27.

And much to my displeasure, I totally missed National Peanut Butter Day, Jan. 24, and National Pie Day the day before. There could have been much celebrating. But I missed it.

That makes me so sad. It also made me determined that I’m not going to miss out on any other days of note. I did my research and found out that I still have a few days to celebrate hot tea. January is Hot Tea Month. That makes me ever so happy because I do enjoy a cup of tea. (Have you tried Paris? Oh, it is so fabulous.)

I’ve already had an unofficial celebration of National Soup Month, also celebrated in January. Little did I know that when my craft group gathered for a soup supper earlier this month, we were so timely. Oh well.

Moving forward, I’m pleased to report that Jan. 29 is National Corn Chip day, which seems like a relative to the February 24 celebration of  Tortilla Chip Day.

February also celebrates the groundhog (2/2) , some presidents (2/12, 2/20 and 2/22)  and cherry pie 2/20). It also celebrates our unmarried friends (2/15) and public sleeping… OK… (2/28). As if that isn’t enough, there’s obviously Valentine’s Day and Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.  That’s a whole lot of celebrating for a little month, so this year there’s an extra day to celebrate, Leap Day, on Feb. 29.

The bottom line here is simple. Life is short and there’s much to celebrate.

Today one of my friends buried his father, but has faith he will see him again. Today, another friend is mourning his father’s passing and is preparing to celebrate his life with friends and family next week. And today, my uncle has three reasons to celebrate — each bypass was a success. That calls for a celebration, for sure, even if it isn’t on the calendar.

Life is short and there’s much to celebrate.