Walking in Son-Shine
Oh the day finally came today on April Fool's Day of all
days when the calendar date of spring and the beautiful Spring weather
converged to bring forth an AMAZING 82 degree day here in the city.
I know some of you may be grumbling because your still
watching snow melt, but don't worry I have seen what's coming for you and it is
full of cherry blossoms, red cardinals, and the awesome smell of honeysuckle.
I'm from the North, but I have become a shrimp and grits
eating, Sun Drop soda drinking true
southern girl. I like my chicken fried
hard and my winter's mild. To become a
true southerner I had to commit to certain saying like, "Bless your
heart!" and "Yawl". People make fun of these sayings, but quite
honestly to me they are poetic and romantic, but that's a conversation for
another day.
Today I sat warming up the Echo (don't judge she is an all
weather warm up vehicle) and I watched
as people were exiting my office building.
I wish I had a video camera to show you the darkness turn to light.
Most of us spend all day in the office, we eat at our desk
and look out the window at the beautiful sky and before we can fully convince
ourselves that we can take ten minutes to go outside, the phone stops our
fantasy and its back to the grind.
So it was beautiful to see the gloomy faces as they came out
of the shadows of the fluorescent lit hallway and opened the door into sunshine
and warmth. Grown adults showed child
like smiles as if it were the end of a school day and they were free to
play. These hard working adults carrying
briefcases full of work to take home and tilted their heads up to the Carolina
blue sky! They walked smiling to their
cars. The day may have been rough but
God's art work and weather creation made all the stress if only for a moment
ALL GOOD. Ok maybe some of the joy was
that they were headed home, but I believe the warm weather fed our souls.
Take the Son (this is not a typo) with you and you can
always walk in sunshine.
Walking in Son-Shine
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