things to savor

I'm so glad for spring. I look at little green shoots coming up from the ground and hardy little blossoms breaking forth and my heart explodes with joy. I think I made it through this winter without much complaint, but March comes now with wonderful new life and the sun's warmth and I rejoice. And yet I'm also so glad for Thanksgiving, for autumn, and for the glory of leaves in splendor color as they die. I'm also glad for winter, for crunchy and silent snowdays, and for the magic and beauty of the advent season. I might be most of all happiest for summer, for hot days and sun deep in my skin, for pool days and watermelon juice dripping off your chin on the front steps. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm so glad for seasons and for change and for so many things to look forward to in the future and things about today to gladly embrace.

Today, I'm so glad for my nieces and the chance to make cookies and twirl and sip tea and make memories and create the magical scenes for them I lived for as a little girl. I'm glad I get to read them stories and snuggle next to them in bed and hear what's on their little hearts and waltz with them and kiss them and love them and know them.

I'm also so thankful for my sisters and my dear mom but that's another story for another time. How the fragility of a moment in time brings burning tears to my eyes when I know that it will one day end. How I long for the days beyond these ones, the days where hope is no longer needed and fear and death are gone.