Happy May! I don’t know about the rest of you, but my May calendar is NUTS!!!! I probably need to order more “So God Made a Track Mom” and “So God Made a Basketball Mom” t-shirts from herviewfromhome.com for the amount of sporting events we have on the calendar this month(links below for these great shirts!) My head is spinning! Not to mention that Star Wars Day is Sunday and Cinco de Mayo is Monday. Need I say more? No? Ok then, goodnight! April comes in like a lion and out like a lamb but May just hits the gas and zooms, especially if you have kids in school.

Tonight I just wanted to remind you all, and myself, that we should be quick to be kind, gentle, and helpful and that judgement is not for us to give or decide.

Yesterday morning I was walking my dog along, enjoying the quiet of the morning before my busy day would begin. I was enjoying watching her frolic like a doggy ballerina, enjoying the sound of the waves and gazing at the reflection of the sun off the ocean, when suddenly I heard a loud crash. I turned my head and from across a parking lot and across two, two lane roads I saw a car flip over and land upside down. My heart sank into my stomach. I watched cars pull over and people get out. I took out my phone to call 911 and then stopped thinking that surely someone else already was, but then pulled it back out again and made the call. Thankfully a police cruiser was driving by and was alerted to the accident by a town vehicle. I got off the phone with the operator and talked to a woman who was also walking her dog and heard the crash but didn’t see it. We parted ways and tears stung my eyes and my legs were shaky as the seriousness of the situation sunk in. Life can change in an instant. I prayed.

Before I started my day I checked my Facebook. Someone posted a picture of the accident with a caption reading, “you thought your day was off to a bad start?” My heart sank deeper. This is wrong, so, so wrong. I often see things on social media that are wrong. I turn away and leave it alone. I read the comments. “People drive too fast.” This is wrong, so, so wrong. What if the driver wasn’t driving fast. What if the driver was having a medical emergency? How could anyone look at that picture of that mangled car and be so quick to make a judgement? We do that though don’t we? We are often quick with our words and quick to judge. But this is someone. This is someone’s parent or child. This is someone’s sibling or friend. This is someone’s relative. This is someone. I can’t comment, I said to myself. I won’t comment. I turned away. But then I came back. I decided to try to private message instead. “Good morning. Would you consider changing the caption on the photo you posted of that car accident? I heard the crash and saw the flip while I was walking my dog down on the seawall, it was very scary and we shouldn’t get perspective on our days based on someone’s pain, especially not knowing if this person or people walked away unharmed. Thank you for your consideration and have a blessed day.” I hit send. Not too long after, I got a reply from the business that they deleted the post and they should have been more sensitive. I breathed a deep sigh of relief and typed, “You’re awesome! Thank you!”

In all of the busy-ness that May is going to bring, I don’t want to get lost in the to do’s and the tasks and the busy and forget that there are people here. There are people with needs and wants and feelings. I don’t want to be in such a hurry all the time that I am quick to judge instead of being loving and kind. In all of the busy-ness of May I hope and pray to be a light in a dark world that sometimes forgets that people matter. Let’s stop and take a breath this month, look someone in the eye, hold a door open, ask someone how they are doing and wait to hear the answer. Let’s appreciate the little things in life and spread kindness everywhere we go.

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