I have a really bad habit of wanting spring to start two days after Christmas. Winter’s fresh is cleansing, but I’ll take spring’s colorful warmth any time. So here we are in the middle of February. I count the days til the pool opens. I resent forcing carseat straps over thick, heavy coats. I shuffle snow around my front steps in search of brave bulbs peeking green beneath hard ground. I break my own rules of moment cherishing by longing for a season that isn’t ready yet. So this is me, calling a truce with winter.
Do you have a truce you need to call? A gift you need to reluctantly unwrap? We would love to hear about it.
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Interesting that I had my Tuesday post ready…it was about my noticing Winter. I fit perfectly with your Tuesday Unwrapped theme. I always have a desire for the next season. It’s not that I don’t like the season that I am in…I just forget to notice it, and move on to the next.
i guess you all have had your fair share of winter! i can relate to that feeling of rushing things along. before their time! good for you for calling a truce! my truce? hmmm… i guess i just need to give in tot he next two weeks… of getting home later than i wnat and extra practices for my daughter’s team. it is just two weeks… but being away from home for that any hours has me tired just thinking about it…
happy tuesday!
Hey, me too! I wrote my post on Sunday…and it’s about my 4-year-old, who embraces life with gusto…even in the midst of winter. Funny how some of us are on the same theme this week.
Thanks for Tuesday, as always Emily. I won’t be here for a few weeks — taking a break from social media for Lent. I plan to write my blog, but dramatically cut down on the endless blog to blog to blog hopping and commenting and tweeting I do every day. It’s totally gotten out of hand. I will so miss Tuesday (I may have to cheat and pop over to read your posts), but I’ll be back after Easter for sure!
Blessings to you!
Michelle
Oddly enough, I’m not pining for spring yet. Our spring comes so late that I don’t allow myself to even “go there” until March! The thing I need to call a truce with is my 3 yr old’s Afternoon naps. I think they might be over. Heaven help me!
Thanks as always for hosting, Emily!
I was just thinking the same thing this morning–wanting spring right after Christmas. I think it’s bred into us with all the “white Christmas” songs. But I’m getting tired of winter, too, and longing for spring. Not summer (I’m not much of a pool girl, myself) but spring. I think Lent is my favorite time of year–watching the miraculous transformation of the world from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday.
I long for winter when the sun is out and the days are hot.
Now there’s been snow on the ground for weeks… Ice and slush cover the roads. Winter isn’t much fun anymore.
I long for sun.
Oh I am right there with you. My babies need a dry ground to play on badly, we are all getting a wee bit stir crazy!
beautiful as always….
2 words for you — me. too.
It’s a constant struggle for me to embrace where I’m at when I’m there — from the moment Christmas decorations are down until the first day I can go outside without my coat on.
What a beautiful photo, Emily. And a good thought–to call a truce with winter. Why do we so often let it get us down? It’s interesting how we rail against it instead of just making it part of the rhythm of our lives. Maybe it would be easier if we could lie dormant for a few months and then burst forth in glorious array during the spring.
Thank you for hosting us again this week. This is always such a good place to meet.
I’m trying to enjoy these cold days in Southeast Texas. I know what follows. Hot and hotter.
Thank you for sharing this because just this morning I was thinking…I am SO OVER WINTER! SO OVER IT! But Spring will get here when it’s good and ready despite my wishes to come sooner.
I’m looking out my window to snow flurries. THIS IS THE SOUTH! It’s not supposed to be like this! It’s like *it* forgot.
I think I was indeed made for Wisconsin – I think I’m one of the rare people who never really finds herself wishing for an early spring. Must be in my blood…;)
Gorgeous photo, Emily, as always. Tuesdays are getting HUGE! I like your gentle reminder to keep things relevant to the spirit you foster here. I know there have been weeks where I come to read without linking up myself because unfortunately, there are some weeks when I’m dwelling more on the mess than the gift hiding somewhere underneath it all.
But not today. Today I’m definitely unwrapping.
I’ve loved reading about Blissdom, too. You all sound like you’ve been filled right up. So glad.
-Elizabeth
We haven’t had the roughest of winters here in Colorado, but I’m still ready to move on. I am tired of my winter clothes, and want to break out the eggs and birds and nests for spring decorating. I want to spruce up the yard.
In the spirit of tuesdays unwrapped–I will join you today in embracing the season I am in.
happy wintery tuesday, emily!
“…longing for a season that isn’t ready yet.”
Oh how we do this with so many, many things. Thank you for this today, sweet friend.
xoxo
I hear you. It’s hard to wish for spring in Houston–because it’s 100 degrees before we know it–but with our extreme temps this year, I’ve wished for some warms winds lately.
Love your pic!
I feel like spring should come after Christmas too. It’s not spring outside, but it is inside! It’s my house and it can be any season I want in here. {smile}
{shaking hands with winter}
Ack. I feel the same way about winter. It is a hard gift to unwrap.
We have been having a mild winter this year, but I remember well the long winter of last year. I am very thankful for warmer days and…..mud. Lots of it.
I feel so silly “criticizing” but I just wanted to let you know that you should actually be taking your kids’ coats off before you buckle them in. Even when it’s cold. (I always layer with polarfleece, which is okay to do, and cover my kids up with their coats after the buckles are clicked.)
The reason is because in an accident, the coats will compress and the child can come loose from their straps and fly out, OR just gain enough movement to give bad whiplash/internal decapitation.
Sooooo not what your post was about. I hope you know my spirit isn’t to be mean!
Is it rubbing it in to mention that it’s 79* here in So Cal?
I know what you mean though about “…longing for a season that isn’t ready yet.” That is something God has really been working on with me lately.
Thank you for sharing and for hosting. I think your blog is beautiful and I’m always eager to read what you have to say!
Hey Emily,
Just want to thank you for giving us a place to let our souls breathe on Tuesdays–it is beautiful!
Dianne
I need to call a truce with my body! I’m getting a lot closer to 50 and my body isnt what it was or what I want it to be. Most days Im fine and realize we all age and I should have lost the “baby weight” many, many years ago and didn’t. I either need to get really serious about losing the weight or start loving myself right here, right now. It’s funny as much as I hate being overweight, as self-conscious as I am, you would think I would be anorexic! Where is my will power?
Last night as I was journaling I decided to give it all over to God. The weight of carrying such a burden (pun intended!) is exhausting! I think all these years I have only partially surrended my weight issue and all the baggage that comes with it. What would it feel like to totally surrender to the Lord? Would I finally be free of all the hang-ups? Would He say “finally! I’ve been waiting for you to give me all your burdens. Now lets get down to business”. So today I love me- all of me. Today I;m going to start journaling what I eat, when I exercise and what all my feelings are toward the journey. So today I call a truce with me~