{"id":5591,"date":"2013-03-31T14:54:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beginnersheart\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2013-03-31T14:54:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:54:37","slug":"green-grass-blue-sky-sun-like-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2013\/03\/green-grass-blue-sky-sun-like-honey.html","title":{"rendered":"green grass, blue sky, sun like honey ~"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Spring is about growth. It’s full of religious celebrations that predate paper: Passover, Easter, Holi<\/a>, the Spring Equinox, Makha Bukha, Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed New Year, and many more.<\/p>\n

For me, spring is also about children. It’s about egg hunts — a leftover from BCE (Before Christian Era) — and candy in baskets and new clothes. As a child, it also was about the dyed chicks & ducklings & bunnies that cuddled at feed stores & even dime store fronts, ready to grace a child’s basket Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

We don’t do Easter baskets any more — my sons live thousands of miles west, and my grand-nieces & grand-nephew are busy at their besotted aunt’s. But today, when I came in to my desk to write, a totally romantic Easter cup awaited me. Brimming with the neon green ‘grass’ we all remember, in which nestled dark chocolate eggs & a hand-painted Canadian coin, complete with bee. I have the BEST husband… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

For a brief moment, I was 6 years old. My Aunt Carol had bought me a chocolate egg, and my Aunt Joyce had taken me to see coloured ducklings. I had a new dress, shiny patent shoes, and a pastel basket. Warm spring sunlight was no brighter than my bliss.<\/p>\n

I hope today brings you similar sweet surprises, and the love of those around you. And the happy faces of children under budding trees, standing beneath bright blue sky. It’s spring.<\/p>\n

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