A New Year

  A new year has come and is well under way now. I am awaiting Spring. January was extra long this time around (but isn't it always). Here it is usually grey and cold and wet and the days drag. I was quite sick for a couple weeks and it was hard to keep on. My children have been taking turns being sick for a couple months. February has had some sunny days and that brings hope. My five year old alerted me to the presence of the first Snowdrops in our yard. I could have wept with happiness. My baby has eight teeth and her first birthday is coming so soon. I will have made it through our first year together with her here in my arms. It has been a precious time. I am tired as always but her smiles and giggles and all the things she does bring us delight and joy and I am so thankful she is with us. This year my home has started to feel small and cramped. I am working on finding the appropriate amount of thankfulness in that fullness. I am trying to quiet my restlessness but Spring draws it out I think. So onwards and upwards I go. Pressing on and pressing into truth and goodness and faith and wholeness and peace and all the things needed for this life. May your 2020 year be full of all that your soul needs

xo
Tansy