springtime newness and buds of hope
Spring came and smacked us all in the faces, but in the best way. Like a smack of cake in the face. Spring came early and smacked its sweet frosting of warm breezes and golden sun right in our faces and I'm licking it all up in a frenzy, vowing to never take warmth or sun or shorts for granted ever again. I didn't know I had Seasonal Affective Disorder until I realized that I now have a motivation to get out of bed that never existed in the past months. IS THIS WHAT LIVING IS LIKE?!?! While spring budded in newness and change outside, God decided to smack our faces with a change of season we never anticipated. Picking us up, turning us around, asking us to run in a new direction. Utterly disoriented, we staggered on this path for days before even taking a step. We cried, we went to happy hour, we processed. Our hearts did not beat, they throbbed; our lungs didn't breathe, they sighed; our feet did not walk, the...