I am always reminded that with spring, brings new life.  I feel like my family has been hibernating in a hole for the last 6 months.  As the days get longer, the sun shines brighter and the world around us is blooming.  Simply put, it’s gorgeous outside.  We have shed any indoor activity and have been spending every possible minute outdoors.  As an artist, I am finding new direction…new inspirations…and a lot of motivation.  My creativeness has been muffled over the last year and at times, I did worry about my future as an artist.  As I watch the world around me become vibrant and colorful, I am feeling my artistic core being awakened.  At the same time, I am watching my kids, all of them, discover new things about themselves and the world around them.  When people say spring is the season for rebirth, they aren’t kidding.  It’s a trickle down effect.  With the warmer seasons, longer days and blooming world around us….comes a rebirth of our soul.  I think everyone feels this, old and young alike. Spring does not discriminate against age and thus comes marching in our lives leaving a profound awakening within .  As nature blooms all around us, so do our hearts bloom within us recreating that childlike love for the simplicity of what belongs to every living being on our great Earth.  Nature at it’s finest.

I took Caira and Phoenix outside on Sunday and watched them both marvel with all the “new” things to explore.  It was a never ending exploration of life.  Caira was enthralled with the ants marching and the insects flying around.  Up until this point, she has been extremely scared of anything with more than two legs that crawls on the floor.  Especially Ants…which she calls “crickets” because they resemble the food we feed Buddy, Micah’s gecko lizard.  She pointed to dozens of things boldly asking “whats that?”.  Her desire to understand her world around her is amazing.  She doesn’t forget a thing so each time we have been back outside, she revisits what everything is and tells me their names, as if she is educating me.  Which I guess, in some ways, she is.  Phoenix was just happy to be outside…to have room to run.  She spent most of her time running back and forth on the driveway and trying to climb the stairs on the deck.  Occasionally she ventured into the grass, which at the moment is more like a swamp because of the mass amounts of rain we have.

I have been determined to begin a garden for almost 5 years now.  This year, I am determined to make that happen even if it’s a small one.  I will, of course, provide updates to this as I have now publicly made myself accountable for this.  I have no idea what to start with or if I am too late to get going.  I rely on the internet to educate me on the things I am not skilled in myself.  I have spent nearly five years wanting to learn and understand gardening….and well there is no time like the present.  I think it would be a great learning experience for Cassidy, Micah and Caira too!

Today we are going to have lunch with my neighbor Becky.  She is wonderful new mama to Phoebe.  I didn’t realize when they moved in over a year ago, that we would have so much in common.  The more I talk with her, the more I learn little similarities.  I am looking forward to spending more than a few minutes in passing with them today.  I only hope Caira and Phoenix cooperate and don’t make things too crazy.  Phoenix because she is so excited to explore everything around her, and I do mean everything.  And Caira because she just has endless amount of energy and hasn’t learned how to channel any of it, yet.