Waiting for Spring

In January you need to grab each day that the sun shines, and get outside and have some fun. Waiting patiently for spring!

The Seasons of My Life

I have always been glad to have been born a woman. I look at the things that men need to know, like how to tinker in the car engine; how to repair a leaky faucet and how to install a sound system, and I just shake my head in wonder. Even as a child I remember being grateful that I was a girl.

As I grow older I still feel that being a woman is really a blessing. I can look back now, at the seasons of my life, and still feel very grateful.

As a young girl, I have great memories of playing house, playing with my dollies, and sneaking into the bathroom to play with mom’s makeup. In addition, I enjoyed playing baseball, climbing trees, and wading in the creek. There was a big difference between my brothers and me. I was lucky enough to be able to do all of these. My brothers, being boys, only got to participate in ½ of the above activities. Yes, I was glad that I was not a boy.

Later, as I grew in to young womanhood, I loved getting my hair done, doing my nails and shopping for a new formal gown. Sometimes I felt kind of guilty that my date had to bear the cost of our evening out together. I still think that there is a disparity there that just doesn’t seem quite right; but again, I was grateful that I was a girl.

With marriage came the greatest blessing of all…the opportunity to be a mother. It is such a humbling experience to hold your new-born child and marvel at the perfection of such tiny person. I have loved every moment of being a mother. I enjoyed feeding them, teaching them to walk and teaching them to read. I was so grateful to share with them their joys and to cry with them in their sorrows.

As their mother I got to shush them during church, and yet try to get them to be louder as they sang. I shouted loudly at their games, congratulated them with their victories, and cried with each of their injuries. I thought that every stage of their life was the very best; and it still continues to be so. I loved them as babies, children, teenagers and adults. I love the stage they are in now, where we are equals and I can marvel at how well they raise their own children.

For my self, as an individual, I was grateful for the time and talent to be able to write articles, and to write and direct plays. I have loved my church callings, and have appreciated the blessings that come from service. I have enjoyed being involved in civic activities and the opportunity to offer my service to my local city. Again, I was grateful that as a woman, I had plenty of opportunities to serve.

The seasons of this woman’s life have changed. Recently I commented to my husband that I rather missed being involved in all of the civic activities in which I participated years ago. He pointed out that for everything there is a season. I need to say to any one who is reading this, how grateful I am for every season of my life.

I now look forward to the next season. I love being a grandmother. It is one of the greatest blessings of all. I look forward to many years of service to the Lord, and to happy times with my family. Lastly, I look forward to a long and happy life with my husband. I look forward to retirement, (a time that was so far in the future that I never thought much about it; but now is getting pretty close.)

I have truly been blessed to be a woman; a daughter, a mother, a grandmother, a friend and a wife. My female existence has been, and will continue to be wonderful, as I continue to move through the seasons of my life.