Spring -- my favorite season of the year. It seems that each day of Spring brings changes to the world around us as the grass turns a little greener, flower stems push themselves out of the ground, trees bud their flowers and leaves. Each day as I drive to and from work, I look to see what has changed during the past few hours.
This year, with the summer-like temperatures in mid-March, the arrival of spring seemed like it was on time-released photography. The changes to the plants that usually took a day or more to occur were literally taking an hour or less. Everything was growing at an usually fast speed. Stems that had only popped out of the ground the day before were full-grown with blooming flowers the next day. What fun I had looking out my open windows every hour or so to see what changes had occurred!
One of my favorite things in spring are the colors of the trees....very few trees are green. Even the trees that don't have flowers on them are different colors. You can see orange and yellow in the trees as the tender, new leaves begin to grow. It is like getting a glimpse of the future -- what color the tree will be in autumn.
Friday, on the way to supper with my daughter and my oldest two grandchildren, we played a game. We had to shout out the colors of the trees that were not green. "Orange!" "Pink!" "Red!" "Yellow!" "Purple!" "White!" Everywhere we looked, we saw trees that were not green. Some trees were covered with bright-colored flowers; others were colored only by the new leaves on them. I want to share my joy of spring with my grandchildren, instilling in them a desire to see the wonder of Spring and to praise the God who created it.
Spring is all about growth. Not only do I love to see the changes in the world around me at Spring, I also love to watch the growth in my grandchildren. Grandchild #5, Nora, has arrived! It was great to be able to be with her and her parents during her first four days of life outside of the the womb. How quickly during those few days she grew in her knowledge of her surroundings and how to function in the world.
Being away from her now for several weeks, I'm desperately needing a "Nora-fix!" I am very anxious to see how she has grown and changed over the past two+ weeks. Thankfully, she is coming with her parents to visit this coming Friday!! And, she and her mommy will have an extended stay with us!! I'm SO looking forward to this visit!
Speaking of grandchildren, the last four weekends have been all about spending time with the grandchildren and their parents - my excuse in having been absent from the blog. The arrival of Nora meant time spent in Chicago, IL; the birthday of our oldest daughter meant time spent in Warsaw, IN; the packing up of a house meant time spent in Wilmington, DE; the unpacking in a townhouse and an Easter weekend meant time spent in Mason, MI as well as time spent at home with our oldest daughter and her children. And, next week, the whole family descends on Battle Creek -- maybe not all at the same time, but during the course of the weekend, we will see ALL of our children and grandchildren!!! Lots of opportunities to see growth and change in all of their lives!! Absolutely LOVE IT!!! God has blessed us SO MUCH with our family!
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