Hope: You Know What it Does

Or, just in case you don't know, it springs eternal.

I'd mentioned how much I am looking forward to Twins season because it means a new season is starting.

My divorce was finally final (signed off by Judge and entered as a judgment) on March 15. It already felt final to me, in a lot of ways, but the documents arrived to my office just this week. Without a lot of fanfare. There they were, mixed in with the rest of the mail at work: settlement offers, explanations of benefits on insurance claims, requests from USCIS for more information, visa approvals, and the Judgment and Decree.

The Judgment was not the only thing that arrived this week. This also arrived, with just as little fanfare. One day the ground was covered in snow and the next, there was green.




Underneath wet leaves and grass clippings (snow came early last fall, before I had the chance to finish cleaning up my yard) emerged the first plants of 2011. New growth. When I see perennial flowers sprout up from the ground in the Spring, I believe in renewal. Today I cleared some of those dead leaves out of the gardens and my yard, and the crocuses and I are starting anew.

I'm luckier than the crocuses though because I have sweet seats for the Twins and the crocuses will not be attending any baseball games.

I shall now return us to our regularly scheduled programming...awesome things that Johan does. Next up: swimming lessons and Montessori school!