03.20.2023 | First Day of Spring

Spring is ready burst forth here in the Carondelet Garden.  The buds on the Woodbine are full and just ready to fling open with their beautiful blooms on this first day of Spring.  I'm so ready for Spring and the beginning of full-on Gardening season!  The potato seeds are chitting nicely in the basement.  The onion sets are coming in the next week or so.  The weather looks like it might be stabilizing a bit.  Yep, Spring is here!

It's amazing to know that those tiny buds will burst forth with flowers any day now.  We don't see the flowers, but we "know" they are there.  We have faith and believe even though we do not see.  We just have faith that the flowers will come. I need a bit of that faith in my life. I need to walk around, in my daily life, in an atmosphere of faith.  Seeing God in the face of a stranger.  Seeing God in the flowers and trees.  Seeing God in all things.  Seeing God and noticing that God is here.  God's presence is here, now, and God loves me just the way I am.

It's the First Day of Spring!  The temperatures are beginning to warm up.  The sun is shining.  I'm praying for the ability to align myself with others.  I'm praying to remember that I am called to care for and love others. Love others.  Love.  Amen.