Why We Wait

"The world is charged with the grandeur of God."
-Gerard Manley Hopkins, God's Grandeur

It's been a long winter, but moments like this are not far off. My girls and I will be outdoors enjoying long days, short sleeves, long walks, sandals, rain storms, rivers, a world changed, the world charged, cottonwoods, fiddleheads, tents, campfires, kisses, wild salmon, wild berries, wild flowers, first times, sunlight naps, ball caps, catch, clapping, open doors and windows, barbecues, butterflies, buttercups, beauty, breezes, bugspray, bears, birds, new words, new life, and especially each other. It seemed like a dream from another life, but it's been a long winter. Now we're waking with the world, and it feels right.