Enjoy the Sunshine

I can hear my mama's voice saying, "get outside and enjoy this beautiful sunsine...and don't slam the door on your way out!" It's been decades since my pony-tailed,freckled-face self followed my mama's urging to head outdoors to play with Thais, Becky, Susan and Steve; but sunny days like we've experience lately always bring my mother's admonition to mind. It's okay to work at the computer or watch television or read on cold or rainy days, but remaining inside on days of bright sunshine and warming temps is just unacceptable. So outside for me, it has been...spiffing up my potager, pruning my roses and wandering around Miller Hill to discover another new daffodil brightening the earth's brownness with its vivid yellow self. My daddy loved to pick the first daffodils for Mama and put them on the kitchen table. Mama always commented that Munny, my maternal grandmother, called daffodils the harbinger of spring. My mother said that when she saw the first daffodils, she knew there was hope for another year of living. so get outside and soak up the sunshine, pick a handful of daffodils and focus on the beauty and promise of another spring...another season of living.