Family Fun Simply Gifted Expectant Fathers More Topics . . . Not Indexed For the past year, I have written a monthly column for Suite101 exploring the world of friendship. I applied to serve as editor for this topic, because my family and my friends mean the most to me in the world. I also choose to write about this topic because friendships can make us feel more secure and comfortable in this sometimes frightening and hurtful world. As I reach the end of my first year as editor with Suite101, I want to take on a new venture and host an event that honors the phenomena of friendship.
Several holidays exist which celebrate friendship.
Some of them were specifically created to honor friends, while others were created for reasons relevant enough to friendship to consider them also important days for friends to share. This August, should the event get approved, Suite101 will itself give tribute to the world of friendship with a Friendship and Forgiveness Event. National Friendship Day, which occurs the first Sunday of August, is perhaps the oldest event specifically created to honor friends. Congress sanctioned it in 1935 as a special day to honor and celebrate friendships. Other specific friendship holidays include Women's Friendship Day, held the third Sunday in September.