The Greening

One of my most vivid memories last year in the midst of Maura's events unfolding happened when I left the hospital 5 days after she was born. On our drive home, I noticed something unbelievable. Everything had greened over while I was in the hospital. I don't just mean leaves popping through, I mean the undergrowth beneath the trees took on new hues of green. Life was beginning for yet another season, and while I spent my days inside the walls of the hospital, it all happened so quickly. It really was marvelous and breathtaking in the midst of some of the darkest moments in my life.

I even felt quite a bit sad last fall as everything turned and fell from the trees. It was as if Maura's season was ending. The leaves that emerged at her birth were dying, and I had a very difficult time accepting that. I felt like I had let the season go by in a blur.

So as I watch the greening happen yet again, the seasons weave into one another, I am very reminiscent of last year. It's happening earlier this year. In fact, it's happened already! I am often very sentimental about things, and this is no different. I remember where I was last year in my own head space, and I know where I am now: Things are getting better. It's a good feeling!