We have endured winter’s bitter cold, its snow and ice, and its bone chilling winds.
Now we are rewarded with spring’s beginnings.
Sweet yellow and purple crocuses respond to the sun’s warmth and emerge from once frozen ground.
Soon, daffodils will follow.
Robins are returning.
Baseball will again be played.
Winter clothing finishes up its season.
And, the world is filled with Hope.
—Bernadette R. Gentry