It rained last night and all day today. Thunder roared. Lightening crashed. Taps of rain hit the windows softly and loudly. It was beautiful. How amazing is it that God in one month's time can go from dead, brown, cold, snowy days to flowers blooming, flip flops, and thunderstorms? To see everyones transformation (in this winter-beaten town) to flirty, carefree, anticipating, fancy free. Wonderful.
Shane and I have about 5 minutes of time after the boys finish dinner and run off to play while we finish up to have uninterrupted conversation. We'll share stories about the day. Complain about our challenges. Ask each other for advice. Dream about the future. Well, not all of those....just one. Because we only have 5 minutes.
Tonights choice of conversation was spring. We both noticed that yesterday the lawns were slowly coming to life, but still looked like winter. This morning (even with a grey sky) they looked green. And as the rain fell down throughout the day....they got greener. One of the miraculous and most beautiful things about the midwest. Its GREEN.
I picked up the mail shortly after it was delivered because our sorry mailbox has been hit at least 5 times and desperately needs to be replaced. Its had bee hives, broken door, stuck flag....you name it. I feel guilty because we're on a first name basis with our mailman and he has to deal with our sad joke of a box every day. With our crazy schedules its simply the last thing on our minds...thus its been this way for years.
On my walk back to the house I saw yellow daffodils, pink hyacinths, green shoots of promise for more spring flowers to come. The irises in back are poking their nubs up. The pear trees that line our neighborhood have BUDS!!! That means that soon, very soon, our neighborhood will look like its decorated for a celebration. Spring is here! Summer is coming...
We bought our pool pass. I have sandals, flip flops, crocs, shorts and tees in our closets. We are ready.
So here is to GREEN. Although every shade of teal from indigo to mint has been my favorite color forever, I'm quickly becoming a fan of green.
Along with the green and flowers come bees. Finn informed me today that bees are 'grumpy'. They're grumpy "even before you touch them!" Why, Finn? "Because they'll sting you." : ) Happy spring!
