May.
Posted by robdalajara on May 1, 2011
For years, the month of May has been incredibly rough for me. Dad lost a years-long battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s in May. I decided that I wouldn’t return for my sophomore year at Wabash College in May (partly because I wasn’t doing nearly as well as I should have, and partly because I was afraid they wouldn’t have me back.) I lost the best job of my early adult life in May. All of these things were precursors to the darkest years of my life.
Even after I was pulled out of my depression, May has held a place of infamy in my life. In the midst of each year’s spring laid this blight of a month, a barren patch where on either side life sprung up anew. I loved spring, but I loathed May.
Oh, how that has changed. On May 17, 2008, I had the honor of taking the hand of Amy Burkhammer in marriage. Today, May 1, 2011, we added Sarah Mae to our family. This month will also mark the completion of my undergraduate work, not to mention the first Mother’s Day for Amy. May has bloomed new life, full of green shoots bursting forth from the scorched earth of my youth.
Reclamation is a nifty, nifty thing. I approve.
Chris said
You have a lot to be thankful for. I’m glad May wil be all “springy” for you.
As a side note: I thought reclamation was when you dropped your bucket of clams and you had to gather them back up. :-/