On a beautiful day of spring-like warmth and thaw
I take my nurturing morning walk of gratitude out to the garden
still cloaked in the earthiest of browns
draped in the sluggishness of late winter
everything lies rather quiet
the sunshine itself of course, forever glorious
raises my face to the sky
and I smile, as this, just this, standing here
face to the sun
is my very favourite moment in any day
this fills me
slowly returning to myself, feet on the ground
I make my way to the far side of the pond
it is here, slightly startled I come upon one of my fish
lying in the grass
the middle bits of his belly have been pecked away
for just a brief few minutes I am saddened
as this poor fella didn’t quite make it through the winter
but then too, I recognize that my fish has now sustained someone
else, maybe a raccoon, or a bird has found the necessary nourishment
needed
the ever moving circle of life
It’s been four years since my Gran died,
I got the call in the morning,
just two days shy of her eighty-ninth birthday
my day had been set to prepare her birthday cake
as I had done, many, many times
a peaceful end to a long life
what I wrote when my Gran passed was ‘just how very much
I loved her’, and that ‘of course, she knew that’
and she did
so it was with a different kind of sadness that I mourned her loss
I had spent a lot of time with my Gran
and caring for my Gran, so there was nothing left unsaid
between us
Today would have been her birthday,
and while I am not very good at remembering dates on a calendar
(or should I say, without my calendar!)
I am reminded of this because today is my son’s girlfriend’s birthday
a time to smile
and this too, it seems is
the ever moving circle of life
We are forever moving in sunshine
and shadow
and there is much Love and gratitude
in both
we need only to
see it
to feel it
and to
express it
and we should not pass up an opportunity
to do so
because sometimes life is fleeting
So say Thank you,
and I Love you
and you matter to me
and maybe today,
take that moment
to step outside
to turn your face to the sun
and just smile ♥