Opinion

Here we are again. Memorial Day weekend. Graduation weekend. Such a busy time. Farmers that haven’t finished planting racing to get done.

Multi-tasking could otherwise be called “The Art of Doing Everything Poorly at the Same Time”. It’s become a way of life, multi-tasking, with all of the extra things happening, the events to cover, the special sections, the early deadlines for holidays, juggling volunteer efforts, raising adult children (because it just never ends - the raising them part), trying to start a garden, and generally trying to stay alive.

Before my six-year-old gets her grubby paws on Highlights Magazine, I give it the once-over because I don’t need to know more than everyone—just her. There’s a lot to unpack in every issue. My daughter, a chip off the old block, reads it for the jokes. (i.e. How do billboards talk? Answer: Sign Language.) Their investigative journalism uncovers profound mysteries. (i.e. Why are tennis balls yellow? Answer: TV) Personally, I turn to Highlights for the weather. This month’s cover: “Here Comes Summer.”

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And there aren’t many kind words that I would like to share with Mother Nature. I mean, REALLY. 90s at the beginning of the week and highs of 50s by the end of the week. The rain was very welcome, but there is nothing wrong with a warm rain. And someone needs to turn OFF the wind machine. I’m hoping that this coming week moderates a little.

Innocence is a gift. It’s fleeting. Innocence is more than the absence of knowledge; it is a kind of purity of the soul. And perhaps nowhere is that purity more obvious than in a child’s voice.

How can these weeks fly by so fast? Stop. I have to many things to do and can’t fit it all in. I know. Priorities. But I find it difficult to cut anything out of my busy life.

A weekend of celebration of Mother’s Day often includes a celebration of my birthday that sometimes happens to fall on Mother’s Day itself. That means my lucky kids get out of having to be very kind to their mother on two separate days sometimes. Because this years birthday fell on the day after Mother’s Day, my son celebrated both in one, showing up at my house to tell me I needed to go outside and see what my gift was because it was in the trunk of his car.