THANK-YOU NOTES

Thank You Spring!

A thank you note for springtime

Dearest Springtime.

My lovely Springtime. You give birth to floral glory year after year and ask nothing in return. Thank you for the flowers peeking through the earth. Thank you for the green just beginning to be seen. You’re faithful in the energy you give each year. And I'm grateful. So grateful.

Your power is magical. You give us long- long moments of awe.

And wonder.

A pause. A time to stop and feel.

And see.

And hear.

And it happens every year. I remember as a child I’d hope the feelings I had when you arrived would spread and take away all the bad things.

The bad things I see today are bigger than those I saw when I was a child. But I’m bigger. Oh please, wonderful feelings of spring. Would you spread and take away all the bad things around our world?

Oh, my beloved Spring. You give so many gifts. Blooms — crocus, daffodils, tulips, and then the bushes and trees wearing blooms of pink and purple and white on delicate branches.

And the wind blows the petals to the ground as a lover's walk.

I must close now, my darling. But know that each day I think of you and thank you for all you give.

Your simple human, Katie