May, What a Great Month

May is a great month for at least three reasons. First of all, it is that month with nice warm days and cool nights before the hot summer hits in June. Second, May has a lot of nice holidays, beginning with Cinco de Mayo on May 5, followed by Mother's Day, and then wrapping up with Memorial Day. Something for everyone. Finally, May is a month for sports lovers and fans. We have the NBA playoffs, major league baseball, the Stanley Cup professional hockey championship, big professional golf tournaments like The Players over the past weekend, and I get to watch my daughter's rugby games. Her team came in fourth place in the Midwest Girls Rugby Tournament with teams from Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. The Kentucky Derby started off the month with the running of the ponies, and the month ends with the most famous car race, the Indy 500, right here in Indianapolis. We had the Indy Mini-marathon over the past weekend, one of the biggest mini-marathons in the world, with over 35,000 participants. So May is really a big month for sports fans, with all major sports represented except NFL football. But the real football, or soccer, will be here in June with the World Cup Soccer Championship. Is there another month that has so much to offer as May?