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For, Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.\u2014Song of Solomon 2:11<\/em><\/p>\n

I spotted my bus turning the corner a couple of blocks away and I raced to catch it, darting through pedestrians, crossing the street against a flashing DON\u2019T WALK sign, nearly running into a car. I could have gotten hit, I suppose, but all I was thinking was I have to get that bus!<\/p>\n

On Sunday afternoon buses don\u2019t come that often. And what would I do if I had to wait 15 minutes for another one?<\/p>\n

Despite my athletic prowess I still missed it. Now there was nothing to do but walk. In a huff I began my hike through the park, taking big strides on the path that wound under the pine trees.<\/p>\n

It was early spring, the sky gray but the grass lime green, daffodils pushing up under the trees. A Little League team had gathered in a pine grove to practice. The wobbly tosses and swings proved it was early in the season. A kid raced past me on his bicycle, and a golden retriever scurried after a squirrel.<\/p>\n

I slowed my step. The smell of the damp earth, the sight of the buds, the sound of the whacked ball gave me a feeling of gladness. Winter was done. Spring was here. And to think, if I hadn\u2019t missed my bus, I would have missed it.<\/p>\n

God, I love spring!<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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