Two Miracles and Counting...: Spring... A Sign of Hope

Today was an absolutely beautiful day. I love late winter days that give sneak peaks at the spring that is certainly to come. Spring might be my favorite season. Summer wins for weather (I like it HOT!) But spring so clearly represents the resurrection of Jesus. The winter seems so dead. The trees are bare, the grass is brown, the sky is gray. But then one day we start to see signs of life. Trees with buds getting ready to burst open. Daffodils sprouting through snow. The warmth of the sun. And then before we know it all that seemed dead is alive. I believe God created spring to prove that Jesus is no longer dead, but fully alive. I feel like my heart is experiencing a spring of its own. I am beginning to emerge from this dark place where I have been living for the past two weeks. I was able to sing along to praise songs today for the first time since our losses. I have been able to pray, not for myself quite yet, but for others. I have been concentrating on Jamie and turing off the TV and engaging him in lots of activities. He is so desperate for this and I know he is glad to see his mommy again.

Well with such a beautiful day we decided to begin work on our garden. Yesterday we spent 2 hours exploring our brand new Super Walmart! It was quite fun, a little disappointing because they don't sell the kind of food we eat, but they did have tons of organic vegetable seeds!!!! I have never had a garden and I don't have super high expectations. I am more interested in Jamie seeing the process of growing his own food and hopefully we'll get a meal or two out of the deal. He is constantly saying how he wants to be a farmer. So today we talked about how farmers begin to grow their crops. He was pretty excited and referred to himself as "Old MacDonald," me as "Mrs. Donald" and Timmy as "Mr. Donald."