Seasons of Life According to Nana

Spring – life begins and love blossoms and overnight is seems I’m married and pregnant and have a bevy of beautiful babies love and nurture.

Summer – the bevy turns into a herd (everybody and their friends at our place) and the frenetic pace of raising and enjoying every minute of their growing up is like the warmth of a pleasant summer sun interspersed at times with the spike of painful exposure like sunburn (their new ideas and tastes clashing with mine) until at last they enter their own spring and scatter like the falling leaves of approaching Autumn

Autumn – life settles into a lovely swirl of colors and reflections with moments of warming sunlight (the kids visit) followed by refreshingly cool evening (just the two of us again)

Winter –no longer fearful for here in the Northwest it is beautiful and restful, filled with days spent by the fireside, enjoying a good book and reflecting on the meaning of life (why did God choose to love me?) and the many blessings (family and the additions they have brought) swirling around our feet and in our memories.