UpNorthMeech (she/her)

Pro-choice democrat, former hockey-mom, MSU alumni, and Red Wings fan.

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@midwestern_ope A. I live in B but better rocks/agates to hunt on Superior.

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@street_trashed That's amazing!!! All the treats today! And maybe tomorrow as well.

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@amelia_tweetz And on a typewriter too! Before White-out!!!

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@bunsenbernerbmd Keep up the fight, Brix! We all love you so much!!

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@3YearLetterman @EricTrump @ufc @danawhite You dense pickle farmer...

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@BonnieblueBlue In honor of Corti-Ollie doing a snowy Corti Roll

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@BonnieblueBlue Such sad news. You've given her such a wonderful life full of fun and love. My thoughts will be with you and your son. Tell Corti if she sees Ollie on the other side, tell him I miss him horribly and love him forever. Sending you love and peace. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@BonnieblueBlue How does she even do that??

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@BonnieblueBlue That could be the pinkest of tongues ever!

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@MikeBales 98% of the time.

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@BonnieblueBlue @luluwagner1 That's similar to what happened to Ollie. I'm so sorry. Obviously, steaks every night and 24/7 love.

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@street_trashed That's a great look for you! Do it!

[UpNorthMeech (she/her) @UpNorthMeech]

@BonnieblueBlue I hope her appointment goes well. ❤️❤️❤️

[Angry Citizen @AngryCitizenxx]

I have 25k followers and my familly still calls it my weird social media thing, one day I'll have enough to make them see me :/
100k is the new goal.

[That Gay Guy Candle Co. 🇺🇸 @gayguycandleco]

She goes back to the Epstein Estate.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

I'm a veteran. I'm a proud veteran.

I'm also queer and proudly so.

Every June, I celebrate Pride. Every November, I celebrate veterans.

Every April, I observe Month of the Military Child.

Every May, I observe National Military Appreciation Month and Month of the Military Caregiver.

Of course, it doesn't stop here. Nor should it.

There are the military branch and component birthdays/observances: Army (June 14th), Army Reserve (April 23rd), Navy (Oct. 13th), Navy Reserve (March 3rd), Air Force (Sept. 18th) Air Force Reserve (April 14th), Marine Corps (Nov. 10th), Marine Corps Reserve (Aug. 29th), Coast Guard (Aug. 4th), Coast Guard Auxiliary (June 23rd), National Guard (Dec. 13th), and Civil Air Patrol (Dec. 1st).

There are the various days specifically honoring military families, caregivers, and surviving loved ones: Gold Star Spouses Day (April 5th), National Military Brats Day (April 30th), Military Spouse Appreciation Day (Friday before Mothers Day), Children of Fallen Patriots Day (May 13th), Gold Star Mother’s Day (last Sunday in September), National Day of the Deployed (Oct. 26th), and—because families carry the greatest burden here, I’ll include it in this section—National POW/MIA Recognition Day (third Friday in September).

Then there are are the days honoring those who earned specific military decorations: National Medal of Honor Day (March 25th), Silver Star Service Banner Day (May 1st), and National Purple Heart Day (Aug. 7th).

And also the days honoring specific groups of veterans and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice: K-9 Veterans Day (March 13th), National Vietnam War Veterans Day (March 29th), National Former POW Recognition Day (April 9th), V-E Day (May 8th), Women Veterans Day (June 12th), National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (July 27th), National Buffalo Soldiers Day (July 28th), Agent Orange Awareness Day (Aug. 10th), Navajo Code Talkers Day (Aug. 14th), V-J Day (Sept. 2nd), and National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Dec. 7th).

Outside of those distinct categories, there are some others: Four Chaplins Day (Feb. 3rd), USO Birthday (Feb. 4th), National Salute to Veteran Patients (week of Feb. 12th), Seabee Birthday (March 5th), American Legion Birthday (March 15th), National Rosie the Riveter Day (March 21st), National Hire a Veteran Day (July 25th), Department of Defense Birthday (Aug. 10th), National Airborne Day (Aug. 16th), Veterans of Foreign Wars Day (Sept. 29th), and Wreaths Across America Day (Dec. 18th).

Oh, and Armed Forces Day (May 20th), which falls at the end of Armed Forces Week (which begins on May 13th).

I hope I didn’t miss any?

At least 120 days on the American calendar are dedicated to honoring our military, fallen service members, veterans, and their families.

That's about a third of the full year.

I think that’s great. I think that’s necessary. Our military, our veterans, and their families deserve that recognition.

I also think that’s ironic given how much our military, our veterans, and their families are left behind in this country when it comes to health care, housing, education, and so many other areas which it seems Donald Trump and the Republican Party willfully ignore.

Maybe we need a National Lip Service to Military Appreciation Day, recognizing politicians and their supporters who only seem to truly appreciate the military when it can be used as a cudgel against people they hate.

The past 18 months have seen members of the military and veterans who are women, Black people, people of color generally, and LGBTQ people broadly erased from any recognition by the Trump Administration and the Department of Defense specifically.

Last year, thousands of transgender service members and their families were kicked out, their lives uprooted, their service cruelly degraded, their characters slandered, all because of a senseless and bigoted policy created to placate anti-trans extremists, signed by a coward who avoided military service.

I’m proud of my service and grateful to all who have served and their families, and there’s plenty of time throughout the year to express that.

June is all for LGBTQ people, veterans and non-veterans alike.

Let us have our month.

[MSU @michiganstateu]

At the heart of Pride is a celebration of collective resilience. We celebrate this month with all Spartans. 🌈

[PWHL Detroit @pwhl__detroit]

Hockey is better when everybody feels welcome 🏳️‍🌈

Celebrating Pride Month and the LGBTQ+ community in Detroit, today and always.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

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