Monday Romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

Oscar Wilde

June is a time for romance. I think that the month of June has always been responsible for more affairs of the heart than any other month. Must be true because I was born in February. In fact, I am a Valentine's baby.

It makes sense that Cupid runs around with little clothes when you think he has so much work to do in the hot summer months.

I fell in love this June. I fell in love with me. Well lets put it this way I became aware of how important it is to love self. Now don't get me wrong, I have always loved me. But I have to admit that in the past I was more romantic and crazy about me. As I grow older I am finding that my love of self has grown more mellow and accepting.

It is not so important now that I do everything and be obsessed with being good at everything. I am happy with the simple things like drinking my morning coffee, reading my email, writing and talking with my best friend Glenna.

Glenna by the way is my sister. Glenna was born in early January. I think Cupid was also busy in June, nine months before she was born. As for Gladys, my other sister, and my brother Lee they were born in December. So I guess Cupid was moving along in May also. However, as I was doing some research I found out some interesting facts. Did you know that every three seconds a baby is born? Now that shoots down my theory about June and Cupid. That is one busy little cherub.

Some more interesting factoids:

• Sweden has the lowest birth rate in the world, 1 in 100.
• Malawi, in Africa, has the highest, 5.3 in 100.
• The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69.
• From 1725-1765 a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets.
• According to a survey, women prefer blue bedrooms more than other colors; men are happier with white bedrooms.
• A Swiss study found that a majority of women unconsciously choose mates with a body odor that differs from their own natural scents, which, as a result, ensures better immune protection for their children. "Longevity" magazine reported that the genes that battle disease-provoking substances also influence body odor.
• The first child ever born on the continent of Antarctica was born in 1978.
• The average stay in a hospital to give birth was 4.1 days in 1970. It was 2.6 days in 1993.
• Statistics based on more than a half-million births occurring in New York City hospitals between 1948 and 1957 show a significantly greater number of births taking place during the waning moon than during a waxing moon.
• A survey conducted at Iowa State College in 1969 suggests that a parent's stress at the time on conception plays a major role in determining a baby's sex. The child tends to be of the same sex as the parent who is under less stress.

Births US
1998:

• January . . . . . . 290,000
• February . . . . . 309,000
• March . . . . . . . 325,000
• April . . . . . . . . 342,000
• May . . . . . . . . 324,000
• June . . . . . . . 343,000
• July . . . . . . . . 359,000
• August . . . . . . 329,000
• September . . . . 337,000
• October . . . . . . 342,000
• November . . . . 315,000
• December . . . . 332,000

1998:

• January . . . . . . 308,000
• February . . . . . 310,000
• March . . . . . . . 332,000
  April . . . . . . . . 337,000
• May . . . . . . . . 318,000
• June . . . . . . . . 326,000
• July . . . . . . . . 357,000
• August . . . . . . 337,000
• September . . . . 330,000
• October . . . . . . 356,000
• November . . . . 311,000
• December . . . . 321,000

Well another day of Myriam's Musings and nothing has been discovered new except maybe that love and romance eventually have to do with love, marriage and the baby carrige.

Morning Muse

Myriam Maytorena

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