Spring has not been canceled!!!
Even the corona virus has not been able to cancel spring.
There are cancellations everywhere right now…
Gatherings of more than 5 or 10 or 25…
Sometimes 50.
Concerts
‘In church’ services
Weddings with more than 5 people attending
Funerals with more than 10 attending
Dinners in cafes
Grabbing wings & a pint with your friends
Or a cupa warm & yummy at your local Timmy’s
I am thrilled to announce a pile of things that
ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT BE CANCELED!!
Sunrises nor sunsets will be canceled.
(sunrise this morning) (sunset last week)
Songs of hope & comfort are not canceled…
Singing ‘This is the way we wash our hands’ with the kids
Or watching a pile of musicians on their balconies in Italy playing
‘Ode To Joy’
Or catching awesome music on YouTube
Or when I’ve just heard more bad corona news
& God brings the song
‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’ to my mind,
Even after I had not heard it for 100 years…
Ok, maybe 20 years.
Loving will never be canceled!
The little acts of love won’t be either.
You know…
The sweet little lingerie fashion shows you do,
for your Honey Bear
Or grocery shopping for a little old Pink Mama –
Thanx Bryan!!
Messages of love, from our kids across the world,
Who are self-isolating too
Puppy licks & kisses
Blowing kisses thru a car window
Warm conversations from 2 meters away
Video chats or
WhatsApp calls or
Skype or
Facetime
Sharing joy & delight have not been cancelled
This really is the time that social media is pulling up her big girl panties
& acting like she should have been all along.
Instead of perfectly polished photos of everything
From desserts to holidays
& what ‘real’ homes look like
Beautiful loving news is being shared
Adorable & hysterical pups like,
Buster (@BooBustie) are singing,
‘Amazing Grace’, with a British accent
Or Pluto (@like_pluto) are giving advice
To the ‘two-leggeds’ –
“To just trim the hair around your bums, really short
So that you won’t have to worry about the toilet paper.”
Concerts from living rooms & basements
Less than perfect ‘camera-ing’ from reporters at home
With their cats crawling across the back of their chair
Or dogs pawing at their computers
Or a husband in the background in his underwear
Un-a-wear his wife is on a video chat
Gratitude has not been canceled
People sending pizza to hospital workers to say thanx
Or standing on their balconies or front steps clapping for them
In thankfulness, for the risks their taking
& for all their doing
Gratitude for our grocery stores & pharmacies
& their staff
For continuing to provide food & medicine
Hot meals for the truckers bringing goods to our stores
Relationships are not canceled
My Randy & I have done more couch cuddling
While watching reruns & old movies
My daughter, sister & I texting while watching a
Hallmark Mysteries or Romances
Actually chatting on the phone with friends
I’ve decided that
While I still have breath
the covid pandemic is not gonna steal
My joy
My love,
My laughter
My faith
I will not give away my joy
Nor my peace,
Or faith in God’s love & care.
I will keep giving away love
I will keep giving away laughter
& I’m gonna keep sharing joy!
On Saturday Randy & I went for a walk
It was sunny & warm (plus 6)
Our driveway was full of slush
& puddles
The Canadian Geese were honking
The robins were singing
The crows were squawking
The snow was melting off the roof
& the eaves were dripping
The sounds of spring were delightful!
NOPE!!
SPRING HAS NOT BEEN CANCELED!
Even though we’re getting 15 to 20 cm of snow tomorrow.
Stay safe & keep loving