When I was growing up, it never occurred to me that specific dates would someday have major significance later in my life.  They were just normal days just like the one before it and the one after it.  Another Monday, another Tuesday.  Nothing special.   As an adult, though, dates take on an entirely new meaning.  Birthdays are still important, but then there are wedding anniversaries for friends and pet adoption days and the date that we will close on our house.  Dates that didn’t mean anything once hold such importance now.  You never imagine that a random date on a calendar will also be the date that you lose someone…