The sun is out again. Makes me wish it were spring. I long for it.

Don't you just love when spring gets here? Everything starts coming to life. The colors are beautiful. The sun is friendlier. All those little creatures show up like a scene from Disney's Bambi. Awww.... The best part, though, is stepping out and doing the simplest, yet most vital part to your existence...taking fresh air into your lungs and filling those babies full of what they crave the most.

I've discovered people can be a bit like that. A breath of fresh air. *Of course, some folks can be a bit more like these freakin' skunks we see, or smell, lying dead on the highway right now...What is up with that anyway? Do they mate in winter???

Anyway...These people just seem to show up out of nowhere, just when you need and least expect them. And I think they feel just as good to your soul when you take them in as that spring air does. You're going through life...everything's good enough because, well, we do need all four seasons even though some feel better than others...and then a cracked door blows open and there's your breeze. Feels good. Gives you warm fuzzies. Reminds you of the last time you felt that exact way...last spring. That person makes you laugh...at the very least, smile. Or they bring a new light to old things. Or they wake you up and make you think. In whatever respect, they are encouraging to your spirit. And the cool thing is that they just do it...with ease...like that's their only job. And they're totally okay with their job description!

Of course, sometimes, they're gone like the wind too...as quick as they came. Maybe it was just the girl who fixed your caramel apple cider (I don't do coffee, thank you) at Starbucks. But sometimes, if you're lucky, they stick around like the breeze here at our house up on this hill. There seems to nearly always be at least a slight breeze. Those are the ones you hope to hang on to. They make you catch your breath, and you would want to hold it forever if not for the fear that you would pass out and hit your head on the porch step. Not pretty.

I am so glad God sees fit to bring spring "on" the way He does (I am anxious for it as I type this!). And I am also grateful that He sees fit to send us people who make us want to "open our windows" and fill up our lives with their existence. :)

I'm just sayin'...with a smile! ;-)