Awoken - April 20th, 2023
I feel like I want to cry out “I’m awake! I’m awake already!”. It’s not sleep I’ve been awoken from though. As I peer out my bedroom window this morning there is snow flurrying down onto bare roads and the tiniest sprouts of new grass. It’s supposed to be mid spring; just yesterday we were finally out there with the kids biking around with this long awaited easiness of thin layers and the carefree joy that comes when the wind doesn’t hurt your face or numb your fingers. Unaware how fleeting that weather was, reluctantly trusting that the new season was in full swing. Maybe ignorance is what was needed to enjoy yesterday. Not lost in over think how best to enjoy our time or wrestling with the implications of opting for leisure activities over yard work to fully utilize such a fleeting day of nice weather. Foresight can seem like a luxury in the face of an adversity, no matter how small, but at times I’ve found too much feels like a barrier to our freedoms and our capaci...