Hope Springs Eternal

Is it over yet?

This is the disheartening visual of my attempt to ascend our driveway this morning after taking Ana to school. I didn’t make it. After schlepping Thea in my arms up to the house, her fingers a death-grip on my coat as I slipped and slid, I felt it was time to (A) e-mail this photo to Marc, who is out of town with Mitch visiting Marc’s parents in a warmer climate and (B) come to you all, my friends hither and yon, for some encouragement.

Several times this winter, friends have gently encouraged me to buy a sun lamp to train on my sad, pale face and give it the Vitamin D (and cheeriness) it so desperately needs. I will not because I am vain and don’t want to end up like this.

Photo credit.

But I did pray OUT LOUD and WITH MUCH FERVOR this morning for God to please bring spring and soon.

While I wait, can we compile a list of the things we anticipate most about spring? Humor me.

Here are my top five:

1. Strawberries

2. Tulips

3. Walks in the neighborhood wearing only a light coat and not enough fabric to swath the Statue of Liberty.

4. Open windows!

5. Family bike rides where no one ends up sobbing, grumpy or disoriented after all the exertion. Okay, that one might be shooting the moon, but hope keeps us going, right?

And you? What’s on your list?