Spring Has Sprung....

I am so glad spring has finally arrived. It's been a lousy winter. I came home with a killer head cold in December after enjoying a wonderful birthday cruise to the Caribbean with my husband and some friends. No sooner had I gotten rid of the cold than I got an upper repsiratory infection. The topper was what followed -- back-to-back bouts with a very nasty flu. All this while I was trying to meet a March 1st deadline for a book. Needlessto say, that didn't happen. The book was three weeks late. My first missed deadline in 18 years. Thank goodness for an understanding editor.

Okay. I'm done whining. My windows are wide open, and there's a balmy Florida breeze filling my office. Nothing their to whine about.

Although spring isn't the dramatic happening in Florida that it is in my home state of New York where the crocuses peek through the snow to announce Spring, it's till my favorite season. I just love seeing the earth come alive with mist of green blossoms on the trees and the grass taking on that rich, dark green hue. I love riding down the road and watching the new born calves frolicking in a field.

Maybe it's my age, but seeing the renewal of nature adds a feeling of continuity to my life that nothing else can. Even though the world looks dried up and dead, as if it will never again sustain life, it comes back full blast.

We need to adopt the ways of nature. When life looks as though it's never going to get better, we need to look toward the time of renewal when we can laugh again and revel in the joy of just being alive.

Happy Spring, my friends.
Blessings,
Elizabeth