No matter how old I get, I can still experience spring fever! It is a feeling of wanting "new" in my life....making changes, seeing the dawn instead of the dark, and experiencing hope of new things to come, rather than the sameness of winter and work.
This spring has been a special spring because of our baby news. We knew Chelsea was expecting, but on Friday, March 13, we found out she is expecting TWINS!....a boy AND a girl. I am so excited I could burst. For the past week I have felt a calmness and a peace that is coming to our family with these new lives. I have been a grandmother for seven and a half years, and am grandmother to four (his & mine!) but these two are "closing the deal" on my experience in being a grandmother. It is the difference between being new and seasoned. I will have to step up my game!
This news is causing me to nest--as a grandmother. I will have to be more organized and streamlined than ever to handle bigger family dinners, holidays, and balancing work, home, and relationships. It is also a realization that life is not practice, but time is ticking by and I need to make the most of each day and the time I have been given.
Lord, is there a Grandmother's Prayer? Make me more gentle, more patient, more giving, more humble, more alive, and more aware. Be with me and our family as we venture into this new territory and new season.
Spring always comes. It is always a season of expectancy and new life. It is our hope in the resurrected life. Jesus, it is all because of you! 💐🐣⛪️
