A Little Lemonade

Life can get pretty dull over the winter months. Sometimes we aren’t able to enjoy sun for days on end. I enjoy sun!

Last week there were some SUNNY days! The warmth on our skin was soothing and the reflections on our floors and ceilings made for a lot of smiles! There was one day where we did not even need our parkas!

We took advantage of that feeling by making lemonade.

My youngest daughter washed the lemons. My oldest cut the lemons. We all squeezed the lemon halves.

My oldest suddenly started crying – she had a cut on her finger and the acidic liquid was burning it.

We washed it, and she went on measuring sugar and filling the rest of the pitcher with water to make that bitter juice sweet.

So it is with life. The last few months have been a season of busy for me. Just like the season of cloudiness, I felt less than sunny and definitely less than sweet.

I had a massive project due in an area that wasn’t entirely familiar and a major article deadline looming overhead when I knew I had to spend a lot of time researching. Both items were constantly hovering – in my thoughts, at the tips of my fingers – even pouring out of a fountain pen onto crumpled up paper while I took a walk with my kids.

This week, both projects were completed! I feel a little more like that lemonade and less like the lemon juice – and apparently, that shows! After church the other day, a woman came up to me to introduce herself to me and said I looked like such a sunny person. Me? Are you sure?  Perhaps it is that I can feel the spring about to bloom. Oh, there are still some blustery days to come, but there are beautiful spring days – I can smell it in the air, I can feel it in the sun and I can taste it in our lemonade.

I am going to enjoy the spring for now – the season of busy may have to take a break!