Spring Is In The Air

We're approaching the end of January and yet around here I here people talking about spring being in the air. It just seems so peculiar as this still feels in my sense of time like it is the middle of winter. The days are nicely in the sixties and although we just passed through abnormally cold winter temperatures that mood swing that begins to come with March up home does seem to spring to life now here in MB. My first winter here was last year and I must admit that Marsha got sick in January and passed away near the end of March so this coming time of the year was really out of focus. The weather was the last thing on my mind last year. I do remember spending time at the beach with my daughter shortly after Marsha died. It was warm and beautiful and sunburn was the order of the day. Next week marks one year since Marsha went in the hospital with what turned out to be cancer. For her last spring was definitely the season of new life. Signs of spring are only a weak prelude of the new life that springs forth when this life fades away. I'll enjoy this surprisingly early season of the warmth that will bring forth green and flowers and life all around me, but I will be celebrating the new life God gave my love even more.