Spring

As a new season begins give me a new beginning too...

As the world begins to wake again, revive my spirit...

As trees begin to bud, make new fruit in me...

As the birds begin to sing again, teach me songs of praise...

 

With your warmth melt away the icy thoughts I have...

With your light fill the empty, dark places in me...

With your beauty teach me how to wonder and believe...

With the life you give, make all things in me become new...

Teach me your love and to hope in it...

Teach me your truth and let me live in it...

Teach me your goodness and give me faith in it...

Teach me your mercy and let me soak in it...

Last weekend was the first warm day in a good long time. So warm that on my hike I went barefoot!

I'm learning. I'm not a great student at life, but I'm picking up on a few things. One of the things I'm learning is that life is really great when you can hike sandy dunes barefoot. Also, getting lost while hiking leads to some beautiful views. Golden hour is the. best. time. to go hiking. Golden hour is the best time to do anything outside really.

It's funny that those little things...feeling sand under my feet, being almost blinded at times by the sunset, breathing in real, fresh air deeply for what feels like the first time in months...that's what makes me feel really loved.

Something a bit different...

We had a girls' night recently. We tried our hands at Chinese watercoloring. I had so much fun that I think I'd like to try this out on pottery too.

A Shamrock drop

My friend Hope and I decided that in honor of St. Patrick's day we were going to celebrate by writing Irish blessings and cheesy things like "(sham)rock on" on paper shamrocks and leave them all over our main street.

We got really excited about it and wrote a hash tag on the back in the hopes that whoever found them would share a photo. In the end no one did, and it's likely that no one paid any attention to them. But it was such a fun way to get out and do something for a holiday that I never celebrate. And it gave me that excitement that a good art project used to give me. While this wasn't an art project, we have hopes of going bigger next year and doing a major shamrock drop downtown. Maybe we could start a tradition...I'll take any excuse for hanging out with friends. :)