Welcome Spring!

There is something about an extremely long, cold and difficult winter that makes the arrival of spring a most welcome friend.  We long for her.  We greet her with giggles and flip flops and running in her air.  We wear ourselves out eating up every drop of precious daylight.  We plan long days with her as we remember how to play and ride our bikes again.  Spring is finally here!  As a mom, this means a very welcome change in menus as well.  We trade in our soup and bread for fresh produce and herbs, squash for fruit, and coffee for iced tea.  We plan our vegetable gardens and maybe even a few new flower beds.  But the best part about spring, as new life emerges from the ground through the dead debree, is Easter.  We remember our rebirth made possible through Christ and how He changed us from dead to life and from slave to free.  The result... inexpressable joy.  Happy Spring!