I always feel a sense of renewal at this time of the year when the darkest night of winter turns into the brightest light of day. I am really into my garden planning lately. My youngest child and I planted seeds a few weeks ago and they are growing so fast. Just like my kids themselves. But my goal is to make a victory garden of sorts because this whole pandemic yikes has felt like a war and in a way it has been. But it’s like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now with a lot of things whereas I just saw darkness before and a few moments of light like pin holes in the tunnel where the light got in. It’s funny how you don’t know you are in darkness sometimes until you see light.
I spent an entire year once studying shadows with 2 year olds at this progressive pre-school. We brought a disco ball in the room and we went out in the forest behind the school and studied light and shadow. We went to a big open warehouse space in downtown Atlanta and let the children run around in the light and shadows of those big windows.
The light of First spring was bright this morning it woke me up. I have a sense of renewal and rebirth, that is what it is all about. Hope springs eternal they say. Blessings and happy Spring to all.
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