A hot January

It's nice that it's been so warm this week (up to 60 degrees yesterday!), because the kids love playing outside without coats and mittens. Wednesday, Kaylen fell out of our apple tree and bloodied her lips and nose and chin, but yesterday she was ready to go out and play again for two hours. 

It was awesome. I got to be outside for a while, too, and definitely experienced some spring-induced euphoria, which is especially nice because most of the time I forget what that really deep feeling of happiness is like. (Not that that needs to be experienced often; it's just pleasant to realize that i *can* still feel these things.) 

Today is a day where i barely have the energy to get out of bed, but it's good to have the reminder of yesterday. It's true that "Spring always comes" -- and not, as i was thinking miserably last week, just at the resurrection. Although that will be a glory far beyond even springtime can leas us to imagine!