I have been in a serious slump lately. We've been sick. A cold that seems to be passed from one person to the next and around and around it goes. It's still here. I feel like we've been living in quarantine. A quarantine inside a petri dish. Yesterday was another day...rough in the beginning. Taylee has a nasty cough. I've had a headache for days. Lots of bleh.
Tay was still napping when I looked outside and realized that the sun was out. When I looked at the time I realized that if we hurried we could take a walk up to the school to get Jaxon and all walk home together. A walk sounded like the cure we needed. It wasn't as warm as it looked, but it was warm enough. Round trip is almost 3 miles so by the time we got home our ears and hands were numb with cold. My back was a little sore, but it felt good to be moving again.
Fresh air and exercise...two things I've sorely missed over the past few months. It's amazing what those two things can do to the soul.
This morning as I went out for the newspaper I saw my tulips poking through. Seeing them almost made me cry...which isn't really that hard to do.
I planted them last fall. Dug a hole, placed them inside, and covered them with dirt. Hoping that they would survive the winter and grow in the spring. And survive they did!

I couldn't help but to relate to the tulip. The last few weeks I've felt like I'm stuck in a hole. Buried deep with darkness and winter all around me. It wasn't until recently that I even realized how bad I was getting. It wasn't until there was a little bit of light that I noticed just how dark it had gotten. But now, now I feel the sunshine in my soul again. I feel like I am breaking through the darkness and the dirt and reaching for the light. Hope and strength have been restored and I feel like I just might survive!
Recently I read this thought:
"Never forget where you have come from and how you have been rescued by the grace of God."
So I'll remember where I've been, remember who I am, and remember that it is only by the grace of God that I am what I am today...and it will be even better tomorrow.