Yippee! It’s the speech therapist’s favorite day of the year! May the fourth be with you! May the fourth! Hahahahaha! Hardeeharhar!

Stupid joke, I know, but I love it. As a speech therapist, it is simply so funny. Perhaps, because most of you reading this are not speech therapists, it is not funny to you, but it is so funny to me. So, thank you for tolerating my sense of humor.

Let’s do a deeper dig.

I am not a Star Wars fan, but not against it, either. “May The Force Be With You” is the well-wish given in that movie series, representing the mystical power that binds all living things for the good of all.

It may represent God for some people, or the Universe for others, or simply, “The Force.”

However you wish to view it, our hope is that The Force–and The Fourth–are always with you.

Today, May 4th, 2025, marks 206 months since our parents passed. Rarely do I fail to notice it is the fourth again; that day of the month has occupied a dark square on the calendar since March 2008, but mercifully, it becomes less dark with each passing month.

I much prefer to focus on this date, this light-hearted fourth-of-the-month.

Topping this fourth, however, is the fourth just two months from today. When most people speak of “The Fourth,” they are referring to the Fourth of July. Along with Thanksgiving, this holiday is in my top two. I celebrate with my dear friends from Arizona every year, and in just 8 and 1/2 weeks, they will be back.

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As I typically do before I write a blog, I send a text to Gail and Suzanne, asking for their input. I did this morning, and this is what came back:

And there you have it. If you know Gail and/or Suzanne, no further explanation is necessary–or possible.

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May the Fourth be with you today, and May The Force Be With You every day of every year. Happy Fourth from the Sisters of The Sister Lode.