May Day

Sometimes a little space can make all the difference in the world.  Take a look at this...

May Day: a day we in the northern hemisphere have historically reserved for fun springtime activities, like the maypole and picnics; a day when we can see summer and sprinklers and Popsicles right around the corner.

Mayday is an internationally recognized radio word to signal distress. It's used mostly by aircraft and boats, and most of us are happily only familiar with it through TV and fiction. It appears as both an interjection ("Mayday! Mayday!") and to modify a noun ("a mayday signal").

What a difference a space and capitalization of letters can make!

This is not what I originally had in mind to write about this month, but due to circumstances beyond my control, time got away from me, and I realized it was May 2nd and I had not gotten any farther than a title for my post.  That's when the MAYDAY signal went off in my head. 

But what was I going to do?????  Well, I did what I have always done when I don't have an answer, I asked God to guide me.  The answer came quickly...use this to point out that we all make mistakes, but as long as we "own-up" to them and use them as a learning tool to become better in the future, things will work out for us.  Before we send out the MAYDAY signal, be sure that it isn't just... a day in May.

As a result, I was able to come up with something to write about, and if I am lucky, I won't be "beating myself up too much"!  We all "fall short" from time to time and we wish we could get a "do-over" but while we may strive for "perfection" we have to understand that we won't always be perfect...and that's o.k.