It’s official – spring is here! Yesterday saw the “Spring Equinox”, which is the official marker for the transition from winter to spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
For so many of us, winter is something we “grit our teeth and get through”. Spring heralds the start of longer days, warmer weather and, hoepfully, more sunshine. Obviously it depends on where you live, but spring often signals new hope for the year.
If you’re anything like me, although all the seasons are fab in their own way, I sometimes feel like I hibernate through winter. I’m less keen to rush outside if it’s windy and drizzly (usual UK winter weather!) and feeling happy can take extra effort.
But once spring is here it’s like we’re on a roll to the sunny fun of summer. Even my boys’ mood changes. Blue skies, trees with leaf buds, grass starting to grow again, daffodils smiling away, animals waking up, baby birds…
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I was taking part in an important, 15 person conference call from home (UK) with people in The States. The schedule meant the call would clash with what we lovingly call “The Witching Hour”- the hour before the kids’ bedtime. But I arranged our day so they would be calm and Theo would probably sleep through it. Louis is generally good at amusing himself if needed with a few good jigsaws and his train tracks. So all was looking good.
I was reminded last night of a quote I love:
I vividly remember an exercise we did at school on “Stream of Consciousness”. It’s amazing I can remember something so clearly from so long ago as my remaining post-children brain cells often struggle to cope with what day of the week it is nowadays, so it must have made an impact on me. The teacher got us to write down everything we were thinking, for 5 minutes, completely unedited.