I step outside and a fresh breeze kisses my cheek.<\/p>\n
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The sun hovers just above the dewy horizon.<\/p>\n
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I inhale deeply and smell hope; I sense an awakening.<\/p>\n
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Just above my head a chickadee chirps his uplifting song.<\/p>\n
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He sounds as excited as my heart feels.<\/p>\n
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I gaze at the open field beside my home.<\/p>\n
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Hints of chartreuse tinge the new grasses poking through the moist soil.<\/p>\n
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That lime-green hue that whispers SPRING<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I thought it would never come this year\u2026.even the crocuses have taken too long to announce it\u2019s arrival!<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span>A myriad of feathered friends join the chickadee to announce that it is true\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n \n Spring is here to soothe our aching souls\u2026.<\/p>\n \n It was a long cold winter<\/p>\n \n I Smile; MY heart Hums in time to the violins I hear in the trees.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I step outside and a fresh breeze kisses my cheek. The sun hovers just above the dewy horizon. I inhale deeply and smell hope; I sense an awakening. Just above my head a chickadee chirps his uplifting song. He sounds as excited as my heart feels. I gaze at the open field beside my home. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-short-stories","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpatriciaroth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}