FAITH

It happens every year.

When I finally get winter’s blanket of leaves removed

I wonder where everything has gone.

Sure the early blooming show offs are visible

The Iris and Peonies.

And Larkspur sprouts are everywhere.

But right now I’m wondering why is there so much dirt showing.

And what is lying in wait beneath?

My friend Suellen used to call every spring

To tell me that everything had died over the winter.

Then…she’d call back in a week

Saying it’s OK.

And we would have a good laugh

Remembering the same conversation from the year before.

Faith

It’s as important to gardening as fertilizer, healthy soil and water.

It’s the belief that a tiny green frond

Will unfurl into a gorgeous fern.

That the precious buds on my Japanese Tree Peony

Will soon take my breath away.

That come June

These few leaves at the bottom of what looks like a stick plant

Will give astonishing blooms.

The robins have returned.

Lady bugs and honey bees abound

Peg is on her never-ending bunny search

And the Hellebores are blooming their hearts out.

It must be spring.

Faith

All we need to do is trust

And believe.

And as my friend Jerry used to say

Do the best we can…

God will take care of the rest.

Take time to breathe it all in.

Gail