Spring is Springing....

It has been a colder than usual winter for us here in TX. Usually come March - we are in the mid 70's every day - and opening the pool and patio and embracing the sunny, longer days. So this year - here we are on Spring break - wondering if Spring will ever really come? We have a sunny warm day, followed by a cloudy rainy day....

But with each sunny day - comes that spring cleaing urge! Time to purge through the kids clothes and replace the winter wear with spring and summer wear! Time for flip flops and time to put away the Uggs!! Time for the mitten basket to go away - and the winter jackets too!! Time to clean off the patio - get out the pool chairs, time to open windows -and to clean those windows too.

Spring just carries the symbolism of new and fresh - so it is also time to clean the cobwebs in our souls - sweep them out so that the corners of our hearts and minds can be filled with the freshness and newness of the Spirit. Time for new things, new thoughts, a new outlook.

For me - I can say that Spring is bringing a sense of contentment - and of peace. Are things perfect? No!! In some ways things just seem to be more complicated than ever - but I am moving forward with a sense that I can't change those things - just me.

I look forward to the longer days - the clean house, clean heart, clean mind.... Welcome Spring!!!

I want to let this sadness roll right over me...
until the tears I'm crying cleanse and set me free .

My thoughts they hold me captive in my doubt and in my fear.
I push away the ones I love when I wish to pull them near.

Puddles fill my heart from all the silent tears I've cried;
over loved ones that are gone and friendships that have died.

I want to move on and brush these cobwebs from my mind.
I see the world move forward - yet I am left behind.

This darkness overwhelms my soul - I feel like I can't breathe.
It seems like every door is locked - like I can never leave.

This prison is one I built myself - yet I can't find the key;
the tool, the missing piece that will set me free from - me....