The weather has been phenomenal. Lots of sunny days and balmy temperatures, bringing much-needed relief from all those cold, dreary winter days.
Springtime is perhaps my favorite time of year. It’s filled with excitement: flowers popping up, trees leafing out, birds chirping. I’ve been working and planting my little backyard garden. It feels so good to finally be able to spend lots of time outside again. Gardening is like medicine for my soul. It’s so therapeutic and relaxing to me.
Planning and planting a garden gives me something to look forward to. From perusing catalogs and ordering seeds to starting my transplants indoors, these visions and projects are what get me through those final weeks of winter. Gardening is my hobby; in fact, it has become almost like an obsession. I can’t wait to harvest juicy tomatoes, refreshing cucumbers, tasty peppers and various other things while colorful, fragrant flowers, vines and shrubs draw in bees and hummingbirds. I seem to expand my garden little by little each year, and it’s fun to experiment and see what grows well.
Springtime to me means new life, excitement and hope. It brings cheerful sunny days that brighten my mood and pull me out of my winter blues. Winter has always been a rough season for me, especially during my first couple of years as a widow. Winter’s dark, cold, dreary days seem to brutally amplify the grief, sadness and loneliness. Being shuttered inside all by yourself when it’s cold out and gets dark so early definitely doesn’t help. Widowhood sucks, and it sucks even more during winter.
I have to say, it hasn’t been too bad for me this time around, not even the holidays. It used to be so much worse. But I’ve also been widowed for 13 years now. It’s not that I don’t miss him and don’t think about him anymore, it’s just that the grief has lost some of its vicious bite.
How do the seasons affect you? Do you feel some relief when spring comes around? Does it lift your mood too? Please share in the comments section below.
May the gentle rays of the springtime sun bring you light, warmth and comfort.