Hello all, Spring is finally here at last! While I do
realize that the first official day of spring was a few weeks ago
this is the first weekend it has truly felt like spring around
here. Every April, we have a sheep and
goat festival at the county fair grounds on a Saturday and this
weekend was the festival. For me this weekend always marks
new beginnings (and some tragic endings), new birth, planting time and so
much more.
This weekend tends to be the first or second weekend of
good weather. We always have a few kittens and baby goats, and are counting
down the days or hours until more goats are born (though I have a
few stories about that for another time.). Our cow should give birth
in about three months. For the last few years, I've
had friends graduating from high school and now this year
college. In two years, it will be my own
graduation that I am anxiously awaiting. And my birthday is just around
the corner.
For me spring comes baring hope this year, far
more than others have. I am being blessed this year; I
am truly getting a new start: I painted my room last weekend (I plan
to post pictures later). My birthday is in 9 days and with that will
come the responsibility, freedom and privilege of being able to drive
a car unaccompanied. I
am currently in the process of bleaching my hair
(naturally) and then I will be dying it Auburn. I will be (hopefully) getting a job in the
very near future, and working on getting my own business up and
running. There are other things happening for me right now as
well as the things I have mentioned.
I suppose the bottom line is that I
feel more hopeful than I have in years and that's a pretty
darn good feeling.
