Yay May!

I”ve got one month. 31 days. I am going to make it count.

I love May. Starting with May Day! When I was a kid, we would pick flowers, lilacs, from a huge bush in our yard, wrap them in paper cones homemade with paper handles, and take them to the neighbors, hang them on the doors, ring the bell, and run away. My mother was usually waiting at the property lines and we would watch with her as the neighbors opened the doors and received their flowers. It was lovely. And lilacs smell amazing on May 1st. I have a lot of fond memories of that lilac bush in our yard. It was huge, the size of our whole side yard. It was so big that we cut paths in it and made a fort in the middle. It was our “secret hideaway.” 

I had two different places like this as a kid. One in each house I lived in growing up. The first one was called “Holly’s Hideaway” and it was in our neighbors back yard. Pretty sure I had less siblings at that time. But by the time we got to the second house, it was just our “secret hideaway.” I remember sharing it most with the boys. 

Welcome, May! Welcome longer days and sunshine. Welcome birds and flowers. Welcome warmer temperatures that aren’t cold or hot. Welcome smells of spring. Welcome. 

I am setting some goals for this month and rising more than I have in a while. I am challenging myself to write daily, walk daily, continue working, and living this sober life that I have carved out for myself. I am proud of it all. And now I am ready to do more. 

I joined the Paw Valley Challenge with the Lawrence Humane Society to walk 20 miles in May. I have put some pounds on this past year, two years, that I would like to begin trimming. If anyone wants to join me, it’s all virtual on Strava for a meer $20 to help myself and the Lawrence Humane Society. Hit me up and I’ll forward you the email to join. 

I have gotten away from writing. I don’t want to do that. I write for me. I write to be read, but I write for me. So I’m going to write daily. I may not post every day as I write in a journal as well, but let the writing recommence. I also make a gratitude list more days than not and this is as good a place as any to include that.

Yay, May! Let there be affirmations, and growth, and love. Let there be connection and ease of well being. I have all the creative power of the Universe and it flows through me. Unless I block it. Let the unblocking begin. #loveholly