A good friend of mine has made a startling observation: April is a terrible month.

He shared it on a Facebook post. My friend noted the following events occurred during the month of April:

Abraham Lincoln was shot to death, Adolf Hitler was born, Franklin Roosevelt died, Timothy McVeigh blew up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the Branch Davidians burned to death in that fire in Waco, the two madmen killed all those people at Columbine High School in Colorado, the Titanic sank and now, the Boston Marathon bombing occurred and we witnessed that terrible explosion in West, Texas.

I can think of one good joyous that occurred during this month: My baby sister was born.

Still, my friend wants to skip April and head straight from Mardi Gras to Memorial Day.

I’m thinking he might be on to something.