Hope springs eternal. Or, rather, Spring makes me hopeful.
I’m tired of being stuck inside. I’m tired of the snow. I’m tired, mainly. I need fresh air that doesn’t burn my lungs. I need a little more green, it being my favorite color and all. I need more color than various shades of grey. I need Spring.
I’ve been feeling kind of down in the dumps, overwhelmed with our four walls and constant company. It’s not that I’d just turn my kids loose outdoors and not watch them; it’s that we need more space for our voices, our personalities. We need to stretch and run and spend that energy. It’s been a hard winter, too, having lost two family members. I need that hopeful feeling that the new growth of Spring brings.
And it’s so close I can almost taste it.
Buds. They’re coming. I can almost imagine the blooms that they will soon bring. I can almost imagine our apple tree in full bloom, buds pushing up through the grass. I can almost imagine grass. Snow is melting, here and there, and I can see the dull, dark browns and green from a winter of halted growth. Will it green up soon? Will it soon outnumber the patches, piles and inches of endless white?
I have this lament every year, like last year when I was worried about snow falling on my day lily sprouts. They came up on March 17th. That’s only thirteen days from now. Surely that means that hope is just around the corner, just waiting to be discovered. Right? Surely that means that the sun will shine more than just today. That soon the snow will melt. That maybe, just maybe, Spring really is coming this year, not leaving us in this frozen tundra of gloom and doom forever. Right?
This has been one of the worst winters I can remember; not just snow wise but emotionally as well. Maybe not the worst but it ranks up there quite high. I’m ready to feel new again myself. To shed my winter coat and stand with my face to the sun and let the bright rays of hope remind me of who I am and what it is that I am doing here.
I’m ready. Is Spring?
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29 Responses to “You Capture: Hopeful”
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Your blossoms will come soon enough!!
I get this. I am so hopeful that spring will come to Kansas too. It was in the 50s yesterday and sunny. It was still cold, but I’ll take it over snow and a cloudy sky.
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Adding another comment: I just read your “about me” section and wanted to add that we use Goodmama diapers too! Small world, eh?
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So awesome that you found buds! I’ve been looking and looking! I think you’re a little bit more south than me!
You deserve a spring full of hope and promise! It’s coming!
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It is full spring here- all the daffodils and cherry blossoms are out, and I’m in CANADA. You’ll get yours soon enough
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I do believe we are kindred spirits.
My You Capture was very similar.
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I am with you there.This winter has crushed my spirt.I am so ready for all this snow to melt and be free with my girls.
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I had to take a minute and realize I wasn’t the one who had written this post. I too am sick of snow and gray and being stuck indoors. Our family lost 3 members this winter and 2 more got bad news. I say bring on the green and fresh air!
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Winter has to give up, and soon your tree will be full of leaves!
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I know how you feel.
Those pictures are VERY HOPEFUL. I’m hoping, too…
I was going to do mine on Spring as well, but then we woke up to snow…Its got to be just around the corner, Spring that is. : )
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This is one of the hardest times of the year….spring is so close you can taste it! And yet…so far away as well.
Is that blue sky behind those buds? Beautiful! Hang in there!
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See I read things like this – so many people getting ready for Spring and I am (once again) reminded that I live in the wrong area!! We will not see real Spring like weather until almost MAY!!! Do you hear me? MAY!!! I want to move back to Florida! Of course, then my blog would need a new name but I think I am okay with that.
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I’m so ready for spring here in J-Town!
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Wonderful photos!
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and this is why i love the change in seasons — so often i need the change. i hope for you and for the flowers…
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It will be here so soon – and it will be loved all the more because of it. I’m with ya – the girls were so happy to have sunshine that they stayed outside for FIVE HOURS STRAIGHT last weekend. It was glorious. I’ll try to send sunshine your way!
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I don’t think we have any buds yet. There is still snow on the ground. It is driving me CRAZY! I love your pictures. So pretty.
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It’s coming! And these colors that you captured are beautiful, I hope your spring is better than your winter was.
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