Ahhh, say it with me.

For those of you who began your spring break this week, relax. No school lunches. No run to the bus. No dash off to work.

Spring is here and it is about time.

It felt like the longest winter ever. For those of you still shoveling melting snow, the feeling continues. But spring break gives us a chance to stop and breathe. No running, no hustling to events and homework and baseball practice.

For us military folks, it is the last chance for peace before an even longer season begins, PCS. Perhaps it’s your week to get things organized mentally and on paper before beginning that push out the door and to the next duty station.

Just take a moment this spring, stop and breathe.

I’ve long been an advocate of not rushing off on a trip during spring break. Our family stays home. We chill. We sleep in. We don’t do laundry. We sit around the table and take hours to finish our meal and crawl into bed with full tummies and fuller hearts.

We let our kids just be. And it feels great.

We return to work and school re-energized and renewed.

So as you are celebrating the arrival of colorful flowers and warmer temperatures, don’t forget to sit still for at least a moment and soak it all in. Enjoy the break, trust me, the flurry of summer activity is coming soon enough!