My life seems to be mimicking this spring season

I had so much fun decorating for Easter this year. I added so many new decorations to the new house, and I was absolutely thrilled with the way everything turned out. I was so excited to host our extended family complete with food and an Easter egg hunt. When we built our home, the entire idea was to have a space big enough to house my large, loud and loveable family. I couldn’t wait to see it all come to fruition. Then, life happened…

Two weeks before the Easter, we had a serious family illness, loss of a job, and a death of a friend hit us. It always seems to come in threes, doesn’t it? We were traveling back and forth from to the Cleveland Clinic all the while trying to keep our heads up and regroup. Luckily, my aunt generously offered to host the family.

As much as I love the Easter Season, it kind of felt like a blur this year. It was cold, so our Easter outfits were make-shift. We were exhausted from traveling back from the hospital the day before. We were on edge because life had thrown us a major curve ball. It felt as if we were going through the motions and just putting one foot in front of the other. Even our family Easter picture shows the stress with our forced smiles and messy hair.

It is like my life is mimicking this spring season. Things were going as planned. Everything was smooth sailing and going as planned, and then it wasn’t. Mother nature kind of seems to be in the same boat. She’s going along, heading towards spring, with the trees a blooming and the flowers a budding, and then she’s not. Suddenly, the weather is cold and damp and rainy and snowy, and there seems to be no rhyme or reason to any of it. Such is life.

I love spring because of it’s renewal and beauty. I love what happens to the plants after a long hard winter. I know that our lives will do the same. Just like those plants come out of hibernation with their magnificent blooms, we as humans come out of tough times shining even brighter than before.

Things will work themselves out. They always do. Until then, I will continue to find those beautiful blooms in the family and friends who have called, texted,  hugged, brought flowers, poured wine, planned meals, and so many other things. Life is always full of beautiful things, and in times like these, all you have to do is look at the actions of others to see them.