Lifestyle Report

By Tara Hanover

May is now referred to by many as “Maycember”, especially by busy mom’s (and dads) as this month is possibly the craziest and most overscheduled of the year. May can actually be relentless as everything is coming to a close. School, sports and clubs are all wrapping up, unless you are “lucky” enough to move on to AllStars. It’s graduation time for many high schoolers and college students too. As everything is slowing down and coming to an end, parents are squealing around town frantically, speeding to keep up.

Mothers Day, Teacher Appreciations, Class Parties, Graduations, Banquets, Recitals…May has replaced December as the busiest month of the year and let’s not leave out expensive too. However as a mother of 3 myself, living in the crazy rush of Maycember- I would not change a thing.

Yes, it’s busy.

Yes, it’s insane.

Yes, it’s expensive…but it has become some of the richest moments in my life. What I have realized is that life is a whirlwind of events. And, if I blink, I may miss a moment. The saying, “The days are long and the years are short” could not be more true. I am going to be the mother of a graduate in 2 more short years. My middle child is in middle school and my baby will be a big ol’ third grader. (He’ll be reading to learn instead of learning to read.)

Wow! Where has the time gone?

As hard as it is to remember on the days that you can hardly catch your breath, enjoy the ride and stop to celebrate the moments.

To all of you mama’s out there: This is your month, Enjoy your big day!

To all of you parents out there that have a Class of 2023 Graduate: Your child will receive their diploma this month, you certainly deserve to take a bow. Let’s face it, you worked hard too. Well done, parents!

By Justin Hanover