April was b.u.s.y. Every year, April challenges me. It challenges my operational skills, keeping track of the craziest month of scheduling, my patience, with the number of obligations I sign up to have on my plate, and my serenity, requiring me to constantly remind myself to keep my cool. What I’ve realized over the years, is that this fleeting moment in time, this one month, won’t be an experience I experience forever. The Aprils will someday be quiet, and that silence might be what scares me the most. So, every day around 5pm when I’m at peak crazy, running the kids around to every activity while answering emails and phone calls from my phone - I’m reminded by 9pm when the house is quiet that this is a phase we will never get back. So while I complain, I am also loving and soaking in all of the chaos, because there will be a time when the noise fades to memory, and I’ll find myself searching for echoes of these chaotic days.