What are You Celebrating in May 2023?

Widowhood offers a new perspective to lean in.

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness” - Desmond Tutu

May is a month full of busy-ness all around us in blooming nature, schools finalizing the year, graduations, weddings, and making summer plans. It’s the official end of the spring season for those living in the Northern Hemisphere and the fifth month of the year. For the first time I looked up the description for the word ‘MAY’ and it said “can, be allowed, be authorized, possibility, be permitted and can do”.

Historically, the month of May received its name from the greek goddess Maia. She was the daughter of Atlas, a Titan who was responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders, and the mother of her son Hermes with the god Zeus, she was considered the messenger of the Gods. She was associated with being the goddess of ‘growth’ in springtime.

It’s no wonder spring season is one of many new…